Creating a new project

This article shows how to set up a project for developing a file type plug-in.

Create the project

Before you start developing plug-ins for Trados Studio, make sure that you installed the SDK on your development computer. The SDK installer adds new templates to Visual Studio, as shown in the following screenshot. For the plug-in type covered in this article, use the Trados Studio Plug-in Project template.

By default, Visual Studio assigns a name such as Trados Studio Plug-in Project1. For this sample, rename the project to Sdl.Sdk.FileTypeSupport.Samples.SimpleText.

Add the required references

The plug-in template already includes a reference to Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.dll. For this file type plug-in, also add a reference to Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.dll. To support the functionality in this example, add the following libraries that integrate with Trados Studio:

• Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.Settings.dll
• Sdl.Core.Settings.dll
• Sdl.Core.Globalization.dll
• Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.Utilities

You can find these files in the Trados Studio installation folder, that is, C:\Program Files\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio19. Set the Copy Local property for these references to True.

Note

Sign the assembly. Otherwise, Trados Studio might not load your plug-in.

See also

• What is the Verification Framework?

Note

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