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<h1>Creating a blank plugin for SDR# in Visual Studio</h1>

<ol>
<li>Start Visual Studio 2017, select in the menu: File / New / Project. In the New Project dialog, click on Visual C# / Windows Desktop / Class Library. Enter parameters:
<ul>
  <li>Name: SDRSharp.BlankPlugin
  <li>Location: C:\Projects\
  <li>Solution: Create New Solution
  <li>Solution name: SDRSharpPlugins
  <li>Framework: .NET Framework 4.6
</ul>
Click on OK.


<br><br><li>In the C:\Projects\SDRSharpPlugins folder, create a subfolder named Vendor.
Copy these files from the SDR# installation folder to the Vendor folder:
<ul>
  <li>SDRSharp.Common.dll
  <li>SDRSharp.PanView.dll
  <li>SDRSharp.Radio.dll
</ul>

<br><br><li>In the Solution Explorer panel, right-click on References, click on Add Reference. In the Reference Manager dialog, click on Browse, navigate to the C:\Projects\SDRSharpPlugins\Vendor folder, select all three dll's and click on Add. Click on OK.


<br><br><li>In the Solution Explorer panel, right-click on Class1.cs, click on Rename, enter new name:  BlankPlugin. Click on the Yes button to rename the references.


<br><br><li>Right-click on SDRSharp.BlankPlugin in the Solution Explorer panel, click on Add / New Item. In the Add New Item dialog, click on Visual C# Items / User Control. Enter parameter:
  Name: BlankPluginPanel. Click on OK.

<br><br><li>Double-click on BlankPlugin.cs in the Solution Exlporer panel. Enter this code in the BlankPlugin.cs file:

<pre>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using SDRSharp.Common;

namespace SDRSharp.BlankPlugin
{
    public class BlankPlugin : ISharpPlugin
    {
        private const string _displayName = "Blank Plugin";
        private ISharpControl _control;
        private BlankPluginPanel _guiControl;

        public UserControl Gui
        {
            get { return _guiControl; }
        }

        public string DisplayName
        {
            get { return _displayName; }
        }

        public void Close()
        {
        }

        public void Initialize(ISharpControl control)
        {
            _control = control;
            _guiControl = new BlankPluginPanel();
        }
    }
}
</pre>


<br><li>Click on Build / Rebuild Solution in the Visual Studio menu.


<br><br><li>Copy C:\Projects\SDRSharpPlugins\SDRSharp.BlankPlugin\bin\Debug\SDRSharp.BlankPlugin.dll to the SDR# installation directory.


<br><br><li>In the SDR# installation directory, add this line to the Plugins.xml file before &lt;/sharpPlugins&gt;:
<pre>
    &lt;add key="Blank Plugin" value="SDRSharp.BlankPlugin.BlankPlugin,SDRSharp.BlankPlugin" /&gt;
</pre>

<li>Start SDR#, verify that the plugin appears in the sidebar.
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