# MW Plugin developers

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## [About the MW Plugin developers category](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/about-the-mw-plugin-developers-category/13)

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**Author:** [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Replies:** 0

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This forum category is for MapWindow5 plug-in developers. When you have questions about how to create a plug-in for MW5, this is the right place. For MW5 development in general and MapWinGIS other categories are availa…

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## [Add plugin IPH tools](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/add-plugin-iph-tools/1676)

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**Author:** [@ASTD](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/ASTD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/add-plugin-iph-tools/1676 "2023-12-01T10:16:37Z")

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good evening everyone i’m a beginner on mapwindows and as part of my work, i’d like to add the IPH tools plugin. how should i proceed please?

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## [MW5 Plugin how do I read a Shapefile by its ID?](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/mw5-plugin-how-do-i-read-a-shapefile-by-its-id/728)

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**Author:** [@Trauken](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/Trauken)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/mw5-plugin-how-do-i-read-a-shapefile-by-its-id/728 "2020-10-02T14:06:53Z")

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Hi, I have come a ways on my Plugin and can do a bit with it. I see Layers exposed under the Api but not Shapefile. What is the method of accessing the fields of a given selected shape now that I can get the ID in the …

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## [Technically can a plugin be written in VB.Net?](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/technically-can-a-plugin-be-written-in-vb-net/709)

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**Author:** [@Trauken](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/Trauken)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/technically-can-a-plugin-be-written-in-vb-net/709 "2020-09-03T17:07:11Z")

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I am a long time MW user along side my ArcGIS install. Migrating to MW5 has been slightly (OK, very) challenging. I wrote my first Plugin for 4.8.8 in VB - VS2005 way back in the day. Served us well for years. I have e…

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## [How to use MW5.TemplatePlugin in vs2107](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/how-to-use-mw5-templateplugin-in-vs2107/442)

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**Author:** [@hnwbs](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/hnwbs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/how-to-use-mw5-templateplugin-in-vs2107/442 "2020-02-05T14:04:14Z")

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I am new to MapWindow and vs2017. I was wondering how to MW5.TemplatePlugin in vs2107? I copy MW5.TemplatePlugin.Zip in “C:\\Users\\hnwbs\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2017\\Templates\\ProjectTemplates” or “C:\\Users\\hnwbs\\Docum…

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## [Can we have an example for a simple pop window?](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-we-have-an-example-for-a-simple-pop-window/95)

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**Author:** [@MikeGibson](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/MikeGibson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-we-have-an-example-for-a-simple-pop-window/95 "2019-03-21T15:51:43Z")

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Can we have a more indepth example, or just a simple example of how to make simple pop up window plug-in? Perhaps something like the QGIS example It seems difficult framework to get to grips with… many thanks