AHM2012-Slicer-Extension

Writing an s4ext file

• Extensions are described using a simple text file.

#
# First token of each non-comment line is the keyword and the rest of the line
# (including spaces) is the value.
# - the value can be blank
#

# This is source code manager (i.e. svn)
scm local
scmurl Testing/LoadableExtensionTemplate

# list dependencies
# - These should be names of other modules that have .s4ext files
# - The dependencies will be built first
depends NA

# homepage
homepage    http://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Slicer4:Developers:Projects:QtSlicer/Tutorials/ExtensionWriting

# Match category in the xml description of the module (where it shows up in Modules menu)
category    Examples

# Give people an idea what to expect from this code
#  - Is it just a test or something you stand beind?
status      Beta

# One line stating what the module does
description This is an example of Qt loadable module built as an extension

• This file will be automatically generated using information specified within your CMakeLists.txt

Testing your extension

• Since extension contains one or more modules, writing test shouldn't be different.

How users will access your extension

• Two options:
  • Extension manager within Slicer
  • Download from http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/slicerpackages