Plugins
The Plugins screen displays the status of the plugin support in OpenVPMS.
Plugin support is initially disabled. To enable it, click Configure and enter the path to the plugins directory. For a standard OpenVPMS installation, this is the plugins directory located in the OpenVPMS installation directory.
Each row in the table displays the plugin:
- identifier
- name
- version
- status
The buttons are as follows:
| Start | Start the selected plugin. |
| Stop | Stop the selected plugin. |
| Install Plugin |
Install a plugin. |
| Refresh | Refresh the display. |
| Configure | Configure plugin support. |
Updating Plugins
There is currently no user interface support to directly update plugins.
To update a plugin:
- remove the existing version from the plugins/deploy/ directory
This must be done while OpenVPMS is running, and plugins are active.
Verify that the original plugin has been uninstalled, by clicking Refresh - install the new version using Install Plugin
Failure to correctly remove the existing version of the plugin may result in multiple versions being installed, with unpredictable results.
