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Philippe Charles edited this page Aug 23, 2022 · 3 revisions

Plugins

JDemetra+ is an application whose capabilities can be broaden by plugins.
Technicaly, these plugins are just regular zip files with an .nbm extension.

Installation

Manual installation

Plugins can be installed manually and are stored in the user directory.
The user directory path is displayed in the About dialog of the Help>About menu.

  1. Download required plugin (*.nbm file) and save it locally.
  2. Launch JDemetra+.
  3. Choose Tools and then Plugins from the main menu.
  4. Switch to Downloaded tab.
  5. On the Downloaded tab click Add Plugins... button.
  6. In the file chooser, navigate to the folder with your plugins (i.e the location where you saved the downloaded NBM file(s)). Select the file(s) and click OK. The plugin will show up in the list of plugins to be installed.
  7. Repeat the previous step for every plugin that you want to install.
  8. Then click Install button in the Plugins dialog.
  9. Complete the installation wizard by clicking Next >, agreeing to the license terms and clicking Install button.

Semi-automatic installation

Plugins can be downloaded directly by JD+ from Update Centers.
To do so, your need to add a new update center in the Settings tab of the Plugins window.
Once this is done, new plugins will be available in the Available Plugins tab.

Automatic installation

It is possible to install plugins without any user interaction.
To so so, you need to create a cluster:

  1. Download required plugin (*.nbm file) and save it locally.
  2. Create a folder somewhere (i.e. _MY_CLUSTER_).
  3. Extract the content of the *.nbm/netbeans folders into the _MY_CLUSTER_.
  4. Edit the JD+ config file and add the _MY_CLUSTER_ path to it.
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