In O-Calc Pro version 5.03, an additional plugin became available for use. This plugin, available from the plugins download website, allows a user incorporate an existing .pplx file into the .pplx file of another pole, as an additional version. First, ensure that this plugin has been downloaded/installed, per the Installing Additional Plugins in O-Calc Pro ..
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While version 5.0.2 of O-Calc includes a set of plugins, it may be beneficial to add additional functionality by downloading, installing, and enabling plugins that aren’t included with the initial installer. To access the list of available plugins for your version of O-Calc you need to do the following: Under “Tools” >> “Misc…”>> “Download Plugins ..
One of the tasks that sometimes comes up during plugin development is the need to rapidly parse and spatially index a large number of PPLX files. Performing this task by fully hydrating each PPLX file into O-Calc proper, while relatively quick, would still take more time than desired for a large number of poles. In ..
When creating a plugin, report, or script in O-Calc Pro it is helpful to be able to store information such as state, history, or keys identifying external data sources directly in the PPLX elements. O-Calc Pro provides a mechanism for this in the form of the Working Data Store (WDS). The WDS is a free form ..
As a more advanced example of an O-Calc Pro plugin, this article describes the ‘Show on Google Earth’ Plugin. First to understand how this particular integration with Google Earth works from a user perspective, have a look at the following video. The ‘Show on Google Earth’ plugin is a Menu Item style plugin and has ..
When creating scripts and plugins it is sometimes convenient to be able to process a tokenized template and fill in selected values from calculated values or form attributes on the structure. Some examples of this is the default file name template that allows the user to format the default file name of a PPLX file, ..
The default O-Calc Pro Report template will create a simple report with default header and a single table of pole capacity utilization values. Below are some explanations of the various code components of this simple report example. Defining the Report Format, Fonts, and Colors: < View plain text > C# public static class ReportFont { ..
Introduction This document describes the development process to create a customized O-Calc Pro Plugins and Reports. O-Calc Pro Plugins can be created to perform a wide verity of functions within the O-Calc Pro interface from importing data from some type of field data collection device to exporting the data to different formats or into specialized ..
The default O-Calc Pro Plugin template will create a message box showing the message “Hello World”. Below are some explanations of the various code components of this simple plugin example. Defining the Plugin Type: < View plain text > C# /// <summary> /// Declare the type of plugin as one of: /// ..
O-Calc Pro provides a complete set of routines for performing all of the units conversion that might be required by O-Calc developers. It is important to understand that the stored units and the displayed units in O-Calc Pro are not always the same. The integrated Schema Explorer tool allows you to find the name and ..
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