Add possibility to load and unload Plugins in runtime

[Klimczak.Jan]

Hi,

I think that it may be usefull to have possibility to load and unload from memory plugins (e.g. with FreeLibrary() ) at runtime.

Cheers,

Jan

[unclebob]

Hi there!

Could you please provide a use case for that feature? What are you trying to achieve?

[Klimczak.Jan]

Hi @unclebob,

Forgive for late answer. What I need is that when you use plugin_quit command in console then such plugin still ocupies memory and cannot be recompiled befor you quit Editor (the plugin file is locked). It would be very usefull if you add command FreeLibrary() in plugin_quit logic (or add possibility to free it in different way).

 

Cheers

Edited September 1, 2019 by Klimczak.Jan

[silent]

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the additional information. I've created a feature request regarding this in our bug tracker (right now it has minor priority).

[Klimczak.Jan]

Hi @silent,

Thanks for quick response. I just thinnk that there may be an extra issue that internal counter for load such plugin is bigger than one and that's why the plugin is not full unloaded. 

Both cases are rather easy to verify (find invocation of FreeLibbrary and for second just debug and count Load plugin invocation in code). 

Also fix it shouldn't take a long time :) and I cannot do it from loaded plugin myself ...

and at the moment it is the only possibility to execute own code in Editor.

Cheers

Edited September 2, 2019 by Klimczak.Jan

[silent]

Yep, I understand that inconvenience.

We also plan to release initial version of Editor2 API in the 2.10 SDK update. It would no be fully functional yet, but maybe it will allow some new possibilities that you currently can't achieve.