Yak package automatically include include icon on creation possible?

[tobias.stoltmann]

Hi there,

I love Rhino creating the YAK-packages for me automatically.
Now that I have an icon I realized that the package does not include the icon automatically when I refer to it in Visual Studio. The rest of the information is used perfectly fine though.
This would mean that I always have to add the reference to the icon manually, right?

Am I missing something?
If not, is it possible to implement something like that.

Thanks,
T.

C# Plugin Add Option "Build Yak Package" after creating the project

Hi there, I have a question. Do I understand correctly that if I check the option “Build Yak Package” when creating a new Plugin, it will always create a Yak-Package when building the solution, using the information stored in the projects properties (version, autor, …)? If so, is there a way to add this option once the project was created? I simply forgot to check this option and I think it would be quite comfortable to have this created automatically. [image] Thanks, T.

Icon doesn't load for local Yak repository?

@will Here I have a thread asking how to create a yak package automatically. So far I can see that the icon/png is not referenced in the manifest.yml. Do I have to add this manually each time or can this not be taken care of by the automatism when creating the yak-package automatically?

[tobias.stoltmann]

@curtisw @CallumSykes
Might this be a topic you can help with?

[CallumSykes]

The automatic yak feature doesn’t include icons currently, you’d need to write your own task in the csproj for that.

Curtis and I do have ideas for improving the automatic yak packages and this is something we’d like to improve.

[tobias.stoltmann]

@CallumSykes thanks a lot.
Sounds intriguing, but not knowing how to write the task…
How hard would that be or me to do this?

[CallumSykes]

I’m no expert on csproj tasks but the below should work, let me know if you have any issues.

Assuming you either
A - Ran dotnet new rhino -n <myproject> -yak
B - Checked the yak checkbox in the project wizard in Visual Studio

You should be able to find these 2 lines in your .csproj:

    <Exec Command="&quot;$(YakExecutable)&quot; spec" WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)" Condition="$(BuildYakPackage) == 'True'" />
    <Exec Command="&quot;$(YakExecutable)&quot; build" WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)" Condition="$(BuildYakPackage) == 'True'" />

Replace them with these lines:

    <Exec Command="&quot;$(YakExecutable)&quot; spec" WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)" Condition="$(BuildYakPackage) == 'True'" />

    <!-- Copy icon -->
    <Copy SourceFiles="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/icon.png" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" Condition="$(BuildYakPackage) == 'True'" />

    <!-- Add icon to manifest.yml -->
    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(OutputPath)/manifest.yml" Lines="icon: icon.png" Overwrite="false" WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true" />

    <Exec Command="&quot;$(YakExecutable)&quot; build" WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)" Condition="$(BuildYakPackage) == 'True'" />

The icon should now be included in the yak package.

[tobias.stoltmann]

@CallumSykes
Works!
Very nice, thank you!