When you have ordered and received a External Plug-In you will have to configure CardExchange® Producer to be able to use this Plug-In. To get access to the Plug-In functionality, you will first have to access the Card Definition Wizard.
To call the Card Definition Wizard you have to click on the Edit card definition button in the Configuration tab. If you do not see this button, please change the configuration settings as described in the Advanced Options section of this Help file.
When the Edit card definition button is pressed, the Card definition wizards opens and you need to select "Do you want to use external functions or plug-ins?" and click on Edit to start the wizard.
General Properties
•Name - Enter a name for the External Plug-In, for example Fingerprint Scan
•DLL File - Browse and select the External Plug-In file you received
•Call when printing - Select if the plug-in needs to be called during the print process
•Call using a button - Select if the plug-in needs to be made available via an button in the Main Interface
•Call when showing preview - Select if the plug-in needs to be executed every time the preview is reloaded
Evaluation moment
Check one of the available evaluation moments. For example, if you have an external plug-in that calculates a special value based on the CSN of a MIFARE® Classic 1K card you use before writing to MIFARE® so the calculated value is available for storage or printing in the template.
Click on Finish to store the settings.
Click on Next in the Card Definition Wizard and select the External-function input tab and connect it to the preferred mapping.
IMPORTANT! External Plug-Ins can have input as well output funtionality!
