ISXDK:Adding a Command

Summary

This tutorial is to help explain the basics of adding a command into your custom extension. A command is the same as a console program for Windows or Linux.

Adding a command

When an extension is loaded Inner Space calls the Initialize function inside of it. In our test extension we have ISXTest::Initialize call the function RegisterCommands() to load all the commands into LavishScript. Inside RegisterCommands() we use pISInterface->AddCommand(char *Command, fLSCommand Function, bool Parse=true, bool Hidden=false) to load each command.

Example

void ISXTest::RegisterCommands()
{
	pISInterface->AddCommand("ISXTest",CMD_ISXTest,true,false);
}

Removing a command

Removing a command is basically just like adding a command. When an extension gets unloaded Inner Space calls the function Shutdown that is a required part of each extension. In our test extension we call the function UnRegisterCommands() inside of Shutdown. The function to remove a command is pISInterface->RemoveCommand(char *Command).

Example

void ISXTest::UnRegisterCommands()
{
       pISInterface->RemoveCommand("ISXTest");
}

Creating a command function

A command's function is where you tell a command what to do when it is called and what to do with any arguments it is given. Lets look at the example below and see what each part of the command is.

• int

This is the functions return type

• __cdecl

This is the calling convention for LavishScript command functions

• CMD_ISXTest

This is the name for our command function. We use CMD_ prefix for command functions as a standard convention, ISXTest is the name of the command

• (int argc, char *argv[])

int argc is the number of arguments given

char *argv[] is all the arguments given, where argv[0] will always be the name of the command

• printf("ISXTest Sample Command");

This is the main action our command function, its purpose is to display "ISXTest Sample Command" to the InnerSpace session console

• return 0;

This ends our function and returns 0 to anything looking for its return value

Example

int __cdecl CMD_ISXTest(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	printf("ISXTest Sample Command");
	return 0;
}

See Also

ISXDK