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What is a JExplorer's Plugin

A plugin is a little viewer, that you can install close to JExplorer.

How to Expand?

If you want to make a plugin, you only have to write a class that implements the QuickViewer interface (org.jos.jexplorer.QuickView). There are three examples in the last distribution of JExplorer:
  • TextView, for text format (.txt, .xml, .java)
  • ImageView, for image file formats as .gif, .jpg, .png (png only in JDK 1.3)
  • HtmlView, for .html and .htm files
Don't forget that JExplorer and its plugins are distributed under the GPL License.

How to install a QuickViewer?

To install a JExplorer Plugin, you only have to make two steps:
  1. Edit the fileTypes.properties (bin/resources) and put your plugin in the file types supported (if you want to launch the viewer when some types of files are selected)
  2. Copy the jar file to the Views folder next to the JExplorer.jar file.

Finally

Please, send me yours plugins to distribute them in the next JExplorer release.

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