How do I write a Photoshop Extension (8BX) plugin?

Question

The Adobe Photoshop CS3/4 SDk has a lot of examples for Filter, Import, Export etc plugins but I havent found anything that illustrates how to write a 8BX plugin.

Reason I need to write one is to add a new drop down menu to the Photoshop root toolbar (where it displays File, Edit, Image .. Window. Help drop down menus). I have seen product like OneSoftware install an 8BX plugin into Adobe Photoshop CS3\Plug-Ins\Extensions directory that causes PS to add adrop down menu for OneSoft. That suggest this is a solvable problem :-)

I tried by changing an existing plugin in the SDlK samples but no go. Specifically i modified the resource file:

resource 'PiPL' (ResourceID, plugInName " PiPL", purgeable)
{
 {
  Kind { **Extension** },
  Name { plugInName "..." },
...

Despite using the Extension Kind , PS never loads the plugin. It doesnt generate any compile time or load error either.

Anyone has ideas on how to go about doing this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

There is a pretty good resource here. That should get you started.