Stage command API wizard

Pipelines v1.6

 
 

This version of Pipelines contains a Microsoft Visual Studio VC++ 9.0 wizard; which creates a fully functioning skeletal Pipelines stage command DLL.

 
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Installing the wizard

 

In Pipelines version 1.6; a template wizard is provided; allowing you to create a fully functioning skeletal Pipelines Stage command DLL. The stage that is generated by the template wizard; reads records from its primary input stream and writes records to its primary output stream.

 

There are a couple of steps that you will need to take in order to install the necessary wizard files and then to create a new Pipelines Stage command DLL. It is quite straight forward and should not take you more than a minute or two.

 

Note:

 

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The default [Pipelines installation folder] is: C:\Program files\TenFiftyTwo\Pipelines\

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The default [Visual Studio 2008 installation folder] is: C:\Program files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\

 

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Copy the folder:

 

[Pipelines installation folder]\Stage command API\Pipelines Stage DLL\Scripts

 

to the folder:

 

[Visual Studio 2008 installation folder]\VC\VCWizards\

 

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Copy the files:

 

[Pipelines installation folder]\Stage command API\Pipelines Stage DLL\Pipelines Stage DLL.ico

[Pipelines installation folder]\Stage command API\Pipelines Stage DLL\Pipelines Stage DLL.vsz

 

to the folder:

 

[Visual Studio 2008 installation folder]\VC\vcprojects\

 

Using the wizard

 

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To create a new Pipelines Stage command DLL; simply launch Visual Studio and from the File menu, select: New, then Project.

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Select the Visual C++ tree entry and the Pipelines Stage DLL template and in the Name and Location input fields; specify a name and location for your new stage.

 

Building a stage command DLL

 

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In debug mode

 

To build a debug version of your stage; select the VS Build menu entry, then Configuration Manager… and set the build option to Debug.

When you build the debug version of your stage; the output DLL will be written to the folder:

 

[Pipelines installation folder]\LoadLib\User\Debug\

 

In debug mode; Pipelines will look in this folder for any user defined stages when it builds its stage command DLL list.

 

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In release mode

 

To build a release version of your stage; select the VS Build menu entry, then Configuration Manager… and set the build option to Release.

When you build the release version of your stage; the output DLL will be written to the folder:

 

[Project location]\[Project name]\Release\

 

The release version of your stage DLL is not automatically written the LoadLib\User\Release folder. To prevent accidental overwrite of an existing stage; the output from a Release build is always written to the projects’ Release folder. In order for Pipelines to use your stage; you must manually copy the stage DLL to the folder:

 

[Pipelines installation folder]\LoadLib\User\Release\

 

In release mode; Pipelines will look in this folder for any user defined stages when it builds its stage command DLL list.