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Installing and Updating Add-ons

Oxygen XML Developer provides an add-on mechanism that can automatically discover and install plugins from a remote location.
Note: Frameworks that you install through the add-ons system are read-only.

Installing Add-ons

To install an add-on that is hosted on a remote update site, follow these steps:
  1. Go to Help > Install new add-ons.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, enter or paste the update site that hosts the add-on in the Show add-ons from field (or select it from the drop-down menu, if applicable). The default add-ons are hosted on https://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Addons/default/updateSite.xml. If you want to see a list of all the default and sample add-ons that are available on the Oxygen remote update sites, choose ALL AVAILABLE SITES from the drop-down menu. The add-ons list contains the name, status, update version, Oxygen XML Developer version, and the type of the add-on (either framework, or plugin). A short description of each add-on is presented under the add-ons list.
    Note: To see all the versions of the add-ons, deselect Show only compatible add-ons and Show only the latest version of the add-ons. Incompatible add-ons are shown only to acknowledge their presence on the remote update site, but you cannot install an incompatible add-on.
  3. Choose the add-ons you want to install, click the Next button, then follow the on-screen instructions.
    Note: Accepting the license agreement of the add-on is a mandatory step in the installation process.
    Note: All add-ons are installed in the extensions directory inside the Oxygen XML Developer preferences directory.
Tip: As an alternate approach, you can add an Install button to a web page that links to a URL that has the syntax https://host/path/to/updateSite.xml?oxygenAddonId=addOnIDValue and drop the button into the application's main editing area.

Managing Installed Add-ons

To manage the installed add-ons, follow these steps:
  1. Go to Help > Manage add-ons
  2. The displayed dialog box presents a list of your installed add-ons along with various information (such as the installed version, the compatible Oxygen version, and more). The Status column will indicate if an update is available for a particular add-on. Also, you can click on the row for any particular add-on that has an update available to see details for the update (displayed in the preview pane below the list of add-ons).
  3. To update an add-on, select the checkbox for the specific add-on, then click Update to update it (or Uninstall to remove it). If there is a newer version of the add-on available, Oxygen XML Developer will download the package and install it. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
    Note: Accepting the license agreement of the add-on is a mandatory step in the installation process.

Checking for Add-on Updates

To check if there are available updates for the installed add-ons, go to Help > Check for add-ons updates. This action displays updates that are compatible with the current Oxygen XML Developer version.

Preserving Installed Add-ons After Upgrading Oxygen to a New Version

After installing or upgrading to a new version of Oxygen XML Developer, when you re-start the application, a dialog box will be displayed where you can decide which previously installed versions of add-ons should be imported and used for the new version of the product.

After you make the decision to import previous add-ons to the new application version, add-ons installed for previous versions remain present in the application settings folder and can still be used with those older application versions. The application may advise you to cleanup your previously installed add-on by displaying a dialog box where you can decide which previously installed versions of add-ons should be preserved or removed. To remove all add-ons for a particular application version (to free up disk space), select it in the main pane of the dialog box and click the Remove add-ons button.