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1: Overview
HAPTER
Adobe
Illustrator
Plug-ins are notified by Illustrator when they have just been loaded or are about to be unloaded,
permitting them to restore or save any state information.
Types of plug-ins
This section describes the different types of Illustrator plug-ins you can create. A single plug-in file can
contain multiple plug-in types. For example, a shape creation plug-in may implement several plug-in
filters and a plug-in tool. Plug-in types are listed in the following table and described more fully after the
table.
Plug-in Type
Action
Effects
File format
Filter
Menu command
Notifier
Plugin group
Suite
Timer
Tool
Transform again
What it does
Playback or register actions.
Add menu items to the Effects menu.
Add file types to the Open, Save, and Export commands.
Add menu items to the Filter menu.
Add menu items to the general menu structure.
Receive and process art-state events.
Maintain "display" art that is associated with another art object
Implement and publish your own suite of callback functions.
Receive periodic notification.
Add tools to the Tools panel.
Set the transform-again feature.
Types of plug-ins 8
Required
plug-ins
Additional
plug-ins
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