JavaWiz Skeleton Plugin

[herrmannj]

Hi,

in the skeleton plugin the initialization of the UI Controls is in the activate methode - but I rather would expect it in the ctor.

Is there any reason/some kind of best practice ?

thnx
Joerg

[sub]

I usually recommend people do it in the first activate, so that plugins dont end up using resources unless they're really used - often people have them installed but dont use them. It also slows down the application startup if plugins try to initialise themselves in the constructor.

[herrmannj]

thnx - that makes sense, I guess its something like that.

Now I got some strange behavior in the skeleton. If I comment out the listbox creation the plugin stops working which means it will be shown but any button press and the plugin went back to the main menu (after showing the desired action flashing) instantly:

to clarify:

OK:
lstMyList = new WizUiList(skinHelper, "ListBox", this, null);
// lstMyList.AllowMultipleSelections = false;
// lstMyList.AutoPosition = true;
// ctlMgr.AddControl(lstMyList);

not working
// lstMyList = new WizUiList(skinHelper, "ListBox", this, null);
// lstMyList.AllowMultipleSelections = false;
// lstMyList.AutoPosition = true;
// ctlMgr.AddControl(lstMyList);

hmm. What do I miss ?

Joerg

[herrmannj]

Its nice to answer my own question: the key handler needs also be removed and everythink is fine.