Adobe 65061456 Programming Guide - Page 8

CHAPTER 1: Overview Types of plug-ins 8 Adobe Illustrator Plug-in manager Required plug-ins Additional plug-ins Plug-ins are notified by Illustrator when they have just been loaded or are about to be unloaded, permitting them to restore or save any state information. Types of plug-ins This section describes the different types of Illustrator plug-ins you can create. A single plug-in file can contain multiple plug-in types. For example, a shape creation plug-in may implement several plug-in filters and a plug-in tool. Plug-in types are listed in the following table and described more fully after the table. Plug-in Type Action Effects File format Filter Menu command Notifier Plugin group Suite Timer Tool Transform again What it does Playback or register actions. Add menu items to the Effects menu. Add file types to the Open, Save, and Export commands. Add menu items to the Filter menu. Add menu items to the general menu structure. Receive and process art-state events. Maintain "display" art that is associated with another art object Implement and publish your own suite of callback functions. Receive periodic notification. Add tools to the Tools panel. Set the transform-again feature.