I have a plugin that must log in to our company’s system to work. If the user sets the correct options, we can “autologin”, that is, login automatically when the user logs in to Milestone. It actually logs in when its SidePanelPlugin is initialized. When Milestone logs in, it changes a status line at the bottom of the login dialog. I’d like to know if there is a way my login process can set the text of that status line.
I am sorry I cannot follow. Can you show a image so that I can understand which status line this is?
Ahh. Now it seems obvious that this is what you meant, sorry.
While this dialog is still present no Smart Client plugins are running. The login that you do in a Smart Client plugin will take place after this dialog is gone.
While thinking about your extra login I got the idea that you can signal the login using the Smart Client Message Area.
Try to run the Smart Client Message Area Tester tool sample and see if you think it might be a good idea..
What I see is that the login dialog does not go away and the main window does not appear until my side panel plugin’s Init() call is finished, which is where I’m doing my auto-login. But if a side panel plugin’s Init() is called on the UI thread, I can see why the dialog doesn’t go away. I must wait on the login to finish, because it must be complete before InitializePanel() is called.
It’s no big deal, it was just a “nice to have”.