Creating an Extension

Introduction

Extensions are a fantastic new feature to Zinc™ v2.5 which provide unlimited expandability to Zinc™ v2.5 projectors. Developers can now create their own custom commands for {mdm}Script™ 2.0 based upon existing or custom DLL files.

The Zinc™ v2.5 Extension Creator provides an interface to your DLL which can then run internal functions via custom named {mdm}Script™ Commands. Extensions can be saved and shared with other developers to extend the {mdm}Script™ 2.0 API.

Notes

In this Tutorial we shall create an extension from a function found in the Windows kernel32.dll - the functions available in the kernel32.dll are documented in the Win32 Programmer's Reference which is available at the MDM File Exchange.

The Zinc Extension Creator SDK is also available at the MDM File Exchange