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C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 18:22
by KRtek™
https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salam ... ssions/178
I find it easier to write the plugins in C#...
Example plugin that hosts managed WinForms C# .NET application.
PR:
https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander/pull/177 or branch:
https://github.com/KRtkovo-eu-AI/salama ... emo_plugin
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Example of the usage - Json Viewer plugin:
https://github.com/KRtkovo-eu-AI/salama ... nViewerNET (which is refactored this application:
https://github.com/KRtkovo-eu/JsonViewe ... Salamander )
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Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 20:14
by AD7
Nice! Is it compatible with AS 4.0?
Sorry, but I can't see images.
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 22:11
by KRtek™
The only thing that will block the currently compiled examples is this code which will require Salamander 5.0
https://github.com/KRtkovo-eu-AI/salama ... o.cpp#L108
// this plugin is made for the latest Salamander version - check it
if (SalamanderVersion < LAST_VERSION_OF_SALAMANDER)
{ // we block the older versions
MessageBox(salamander->GetParentWindow(),
REQUIRE_LAST_VERSION_OF_SALAMANDER,
PluginNameEN, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
return NULL;
}
C++ bridge for C# plugins could be used even for 4.0 and older, if plugin is compiled with that version set.
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 03 Oct 2025, 19:06
by AD7
Thanks.
Sooo, is there an AS 5.0 build with most of the AS 4.0 plugins ready for use?
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 04 Oct 2025, 11:12
by KRtek™
AD7 wrote: 03 Oct 2025, 19:06
Thanks.
Sooo, is there an AS 5.0 build with most of the AS 4.0 plugins ready for use?
KRtekTM on Github wrote:In one email I wrote to @janrysavy that I cannot guarantee 100% code quality in the features I started working on (as was shown by the slowdown in application startup after implementing tabbed panels), so I am inclined not to mix the original source code and changes prepared completely using artificial intelligence. That is why I decided to make a fork for brave users - it has bugs and it may take some time to fix them.
It will be called Open Salamander: Samandarin (samandarin is the natural toxin secreted by fire salamander, symbolizing a spicy, daring twist — just like my AI-crafted changes).
It's published:
https://github.com/KRtkovo-eu-AI/salama ... ndarin-0.1
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:27
by AD7
Fine work.
Thanks.
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That .PDB files (as jsonviewer.pdb) are not needed? Only for debug?
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:30
by KRtek™
Yeah just for debugging, it's possible that I didn't delete all of them when preparing the release (it was a little chaos
).
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:32
by AD7
And finally, an important question: Is it for daily use or just for testing?
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:34
by KRtek™
Open Salamander: Samandarin remains an intentionally experimental fork—its AI-implemented features are actively evolving, may surface unexpected issues, and are best explored by advanced, adventurous users who can tolerate work-in-progress behavior.
But I am using it on daily basis.
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:53
by AD7
Thanks for clarifying.
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BTW. One file (ZIP.SPL) is reported:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c52 ... 9071c0a091
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 18:55
by KRtek™
ok need to check that, there are no code changes in ZIP plugin.
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 07 Oct 2025, 16:09
by AD7
Re: C++ bridge for C# plugins
Posted: 07 Oct 2025, 19:34
by KRtek™
I tried to check the ZIP.SPL compiled from the main (original code from Open Salamander repo) and it's reported too. Unfortunately I don't have another dev environment to run the build (and check if my main computer is infected and therefore infecting other files, OR the issue is in the original code itself).