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| <h2>Extension points page</h2> | |
| <p>Extension points define new function points for the platform that other | |
| plug-ins can plug into.</p> | |
| <p>The Extension Points page is the place to add, remove and edit extension | |
| point declared by your plug-in.</p> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="images/plugin-expoint.png" alt="Extension Points page"></p> | |
| <p>An extension point has three attributes:</p> | |
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| <li>id - a required attribute whose value is a simple name</li> | |
| <li>name - a required attribute whose value is a translatable string</li> | |
| <li>schema - an optional attribute whose value is a relative path to the | |
| schema corresponding to this extension point.</li> | |
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| <p>Although schema is an optional attribute, you are strongly encouraged to | |
| provide a schema, so that PDE could use it to make it easy for developers to use | |
| your extension point.</p> | |
| <p>PDE provides a <a href="pde_schema_editor.htm">schema editor</a> to help you | |
| create a schema for your extension point.</p> | |
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