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2. Click Register. The plug-in or plug-ins are added to the Pending list (they also remain under
their existing lists), and their status, “[Register]”, is indicated.
3. Once you have chosen all the plug-ins to register or re-register, click Apply. The selected plug-ins
will be added to the Already Registered category and be removed from the Pending category.
4. After the plug-ins are registered, click OK to return to the OpenLNS CT drawing.
Disabling and Enabling Plug-ins
You can disable or enable plug-ins when or after you open or create an OpenLNS CT network. You
can disable a plug-in that you are no longer using to prevent if from being automatically registered
when your create or open a network with automatic plug-in registration. If you enable or disable a
plug-in, it will be enabled or disabled for all networks on your computer (remote clients are not
affected).
You can disable and enable plug-ins when you open or create an OpenLNS CT network using the
Plug-In Registration page that opens in the Network Wizard (unless you selected the Skip Plug-in
Options Page in the New Network Options tab in the OpenLNS CT Design Manager, or previously
selected the check box at the bottom of the page to have it skipped when re-opening the network).
If you skip the Plug-in Registration page in the Network Wizard, you can still disable and enable
plug-ins in the Network Properties: Plug-In Registration dialog in the OpenLNS CT drawing. To
access this dialog, click Add-ins, point to Plug-ins, and then click Register Plug-Ins.
Disabling a Plug-in
To disable a plug-in, follow these steps:
1. Select the plug-in under the Not Registered or Already Registered lists. You can disable all the
plug-ins listed under these lists by clicking the category label.
2. Click Disable. The plug-in or plug-ins are added to the Pending list (they also remain under their
existing lists), and their status, “[Disable]”, is indicated.
3. Click Apply to disable the selected plug-in or plug-ins.
4. After the plug-ins are disabled, click OK to return to the OpenLNS CT drawing.
When a registered plug-in is disabled, it will not open when you select a default command that would
otherwise invoke it. For example, if a plug-in is disabled and you right-click a functional block and
click Configure, the next available plug-in, which is typically the OpenLNS CT Browser, opens
instead of the functional block plug-in from the device manufacturer. You can still use a disabled
plug-in by manually invoking it. To do this, right-click the object on which you want to use the
plug-in or an empty space in the drawing page, point to Plug-ins, and then select the desired plug-in
from the shortcut menu.
If you disable an unregistered plug-in, it will not be registered in new or existing networks, even if the
Register New Plug-ins check box is selected in the New Network Options tab of the OpenLNS CT
Design Manager or the Register All New Plug-ins check box is selected in the Plug-in Registration
dialog. You can still manually register a disabled plug-in in the Network Properties: Plug-In
Registration dialog in the OpenLNS CT drawing.
Enabling a Plug-in
To enable a plug-in, follow these steps:
1. Select the plug-in under the Disabled list. You can enable all of the disabled plug-ins by clicking
the category label.
2. Click Enable. The selected plug-in or plug-ins are added to the Pending list (they also remain
under their existing categories), and their pending status, “[Enable]”, is indicated.