Create a New Project

In this chapter you will learn how to properly set up a project for developing a global verification plug-in.

Create the Project

Before you start developing plug-ins for Trados Studio, you should make sure that the SDK is installed on your development computer. The SDK installer will add new templates to your Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 environment, as illustrated in the screenshot below. For the type of plug-in discussed in this chapter, we require the Trados Studio (2021) project template.

By default, when you create a project based on this template, the project name will be e.g. Trados Studio1. Change the project name to Sdl.Verification.Sdk.IdenticalCheck for our sample implementation.

Add the Required References

The plug-in template will come with the Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.dll reference. For our global verifier implementation, we also need to reference the Verification API, i.e. Sdl.Verification.Api.dll. For implementing the functionality required by our example, you need to add the libraries used for integration with Trados Studio, which are as follows:

• Sdl.Desktop.Platform.dll
• Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core
• Sdl.Core.Settings.dll

By default, these files can be found in the installation folder of Trados Studio, i.e. C:\Program Files\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio16\. The 'Copy Local' property for these references should be set to True.

Note

Do not forget to sign the assembly. Otherwise, your plug-in might not be loaded by Trados Studio.