Introduction

Previously we have used VBA to load our .NET custom docker into the CorelDRAW UI. This article will show how this may also be done using XSLT files, very similar to the example Hendrik provided in his Custom Docker article: Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW

The "Addons" Folder

You customizations will need to be in the Addons folder, for X6 64-bit that folder is found here: “C:\Program Files\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite...

Introduction

We will be using the same XSLT files that we created last week, so if you have not read last week’s post you may wish to do that first.

We added a menu item to the Dockers menu for our new custom .NET docker, each new item added gets a default icon assigned to it as shown in the following screenshot:

This icon is boring and if you have a long list of custom dockers they all start to blur together. An easy way to fix this is to define...

Introduction

Now that we have a docker or macro we may wish to install the macro or docker on one or several machines. While you could use the manual approach a simple installer would be nice so that a user could just run it and have the files installed for them. In this post we will build a simple installer that will install the docker or macro.

Needed Software

To create the installer we are going to need a couple of pieces of software, the good news...

Introduction

Continuing with the Object Model changes I have created an HTML document that shows all the changes between VGCore (17.0) and CorelDRAW (16.4). The text was to long to post here so I have linked to a .zip file with the full text.

Object Model Changes

When you open the document in your browser you will see a legend like this:

Legend:

• Not changed
• Added
• Removed

As you can see anything in blue is new for X7 and anything...

Introduction

In this post we will be looking at the changes in the XSLT files for X7. Please refer to the previous post Using XSLT files instead of VBA that discusses how to use these files to add a docker to the CorelDRAW UI automatically. Once you understand the changes you will be able to add your docker to the CorelDRAW X7 UI automatically.

Goodbye GMS File

Previously we needed a GMS file that we would call to open and close the docker. In CorelDRAW...