Use the ToolbarAddArgs class to add a button on the main form. The screen shot below shows a button named Hello Plugin added to the XML and Data groups on the Manage ribbon in the Author book editor.
The code below is shows an example of adding the button plugin shown above.
public class PluginManager : IPlugin
{
private AitApplicationProxy proxy; //Create a class-scoped field for the proxy
public PluginManager(AitApplicationProxy applicationProxy)
{
proxy = applicationProxy; //Set the field to the proxy passed to the plugin
ToolbarAddArgs helloPluginButtonSmall = new ToolbarAddArgs(); //Initialize a new instance of the ToolbarAddArgs class
helloPluginButtonSmall.IconImage = Properties.Resources.debug_add_16; //Set the image to a resource in the assembly
helloPluginButtonSmall.OnClick = helloPluginButton_OnClick; //Set the OnClick event handler
helloPluginButtonSmall.PluginName = "Hello_Plugin_Small"; //Set the unique name for the button
helloPluginButtonSmall.TargetButtonName = "Hello\r\nPlugin"; //Set the display text for the button
helloPluginButtonSmall.TargetForm = TargetForm.MainForm; //Set the form for the button
helloPluginButtonSmall.TargetGroupName = "XML"; //Set the ribbon group for the button
proxy.AddPluginToToolbar(helloPluginButtonSmall); //Use the proxy to add the button
ToolbarAddArgs helloPluginButtonLarge = new ToolbarAddArgs(); //Initialize a new instance of the ToolbarAddArgs class
helloPluginButtonLarge.IconImage = Properties.Resources.debug_add_32; //Set the image to a resource in the assembly
helloPluginButtonLarge.OnClick = helloPluginButton_OnClick; //Set the OnClick event handler
helloPluginButtonLarge.PluginName = "Hello_Plugin_Large"; //Set the unique name for the button
helloPluginButtonLarge.TargetButtonName = "Hello\r\nPlugin"; //Set the display text for the button
helloPluginButtonLarge.TargetForm = TargetForm.MainForm; //Set the form for the button
helloPluginButtonLarge.TargetGroupName = "Data"; //Set the ribbon group for the button
proxy.AddPluginToToolbar(helloPluginButtonLarge); //Use the proxy to add the button
}
private void helloPluginButton_OnClick(Object sender, AuthoritEventArgs e)
{
//Plugin code goes here
}
}