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Family Historian Plugins: Plugins allow new features to be added without upgrading Family Historian itself
Getting Started Writing Plugins: Plugin scripts are written in Lua, a lightweight scripting language that is ideal for embedding into more complex applications such as Family Historian
Installing and using plugins: Family Historian Plugins are available for use by every user, and provide solutions for a variety of needs
International Character Handling for Plugin Authors: Many plugin authors encounter problems handing unexpected characters
IUP GUI Builder Hints and Tips: IUP is a very powerful tool for building graphical user interfaces (GUI), but it’s fairly unforgiving and the IUP Documentation is a little sparse especially when used with Lua
Lua Code Snippets: Plugin developers may find these Lua snippets useful
Lua References and Library Modules: Lua Language References versions 5 & 6 version 7 Notes Lua version 5
Plugin Author Guidelines: This page has been replaced by Privacy and Security Standards for Published Plugins
Plugin Structure, Version Control and File Naming Advice: When you start creating Plugins for yourself or for the Plugin Store it really helps to be able to manage the files and the file levels
Privacy and Security Standards for Published Plugins: Family Historian Plugins Family Historian plugins are a powerful tool for ordinary users to create and share additional functionality for processing user data
Run Time and Memory Use Advice: Some Plugins perform intensive repetitive operations, which on a large database in excess of 10,000 Individuals, may take a long time or need large amounts of memory
Understanding Lua Patterns: A pattern is a formula for matching text strings that conform to some definable criteria (experienced coders need to remember Lua patterns are similar but not identical to regular expressions)
What’s New in Family Historian 7: A video by Calico Pie showcasing new features in 7.
Writing and Maintaining Plugins Compatible with Versions 5, 6 & 7: The changes from Lua 5
Writing Plugins Compatible With Apple Mac and Linux: There are some key differences in how plugins behave in emulator software for Mac and Linux systems that authors need to be aware of to avoid unexpected effects or application crashes