Does anyone know of a list of both free and paid for plugins available anywhwere ?
I’ve searched the forum and Xojo website but cannot seem to find one.
Thanks
There is:
Einhugur (me) www.einhugur.com
MBS (Christian) Monkeybread Software - MBS Xojo Plugins
Few open source and free on my page: Einhugur Software - Open source projects
Chilcat: Chilkat Xojo Plugin
There might be others, maybe some other people will post if they know the URL of others that are active and up to date for modern Xojo versions.
There are also of course many pages with components for Xojo made in Xojo but since you asked for plugins then I limited it to that.
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Paradigma Software with the Valentina database: Welcome to Paradigma Software, makers of Valentina Studio Pro
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GraffitiSuite commercial controls, components, and code for the Xojo cross-platform development environment. Products for Desktop, Mobile (iOS), and Web.
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Thank you everyone for your replies, very helpful.
Björn, I’m new to Xojo having come from a Lazarus background and thought a plugin was a simply a different name for a component (which is what a Lazarus user would call a textbox, checkbox, textarea etc).
Could you explain the difference between a plugin and a component ? and if you know of a list of components please do send a link (or should I start a new thread requesting one).
Does anyone use and have recent information on Chilkat?
I have read some discussions here in the forum, but they are not very recent and opinions are mixed.
Thank you.
Components written in Xojo and delivered in source code are well, source code.
Our plugins are written in C++, Objective-C or plain C. So they can do a bit more like threading, low level stuff and integrate with external library.
The functionality of the Chilkat plugin is good. The plugin is cross language so some things are a bit odd for Xojo. Examples are VERY simple.
Matt expects bugs to be reproducible which isn’t always possible. However, he always reacts in a timely manner. He recenlty fixed a couple of bugs for me which were really odd.
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The developer’s attitude is why I recommend all my friends get off the plugin as quickly as possible and I make the first step of taking on any new project to remove the use of Chilkat if it exists.
I did not have a very positive experience reporting a problem with his plugin when the problem was his code not mine and the way he treated me has stuck with me since.
As far as I understand from a Lazarus Wiki, the Lazarus components seem to compare to Xojo’s “Controls”. In addition to the built-in controls, there are other, third-party controls, as already mentioned in this thread. Those are often organized in “plug-ins”. However, there are plug-ins, that are not a “control” for the resulting GUI.
And also Valentina Reports for Xojo 