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Expose DisableAutoImport in IPlatform

LaunchBox for Windows

šŸ“‹ Summary

Expose the platform DisableAutoImport setting through the IPlatform plugin API.

ā— Problem

LaunchBox appears to already store this setting per platform, but it is not currently available through the IPlatform plugin API.

This means plugin developers cannot easily check whether auto-import is disabled for a specific platform using the supported API.

šŸ’” Proposal

Add DisableAutoImport to the IPlatform interface so plugin developers can access this setting directly.

This could be exposed as a read-only property if write support is not intended.

šŸ§© Use Cases

  • A plugin checks whether auto-import is disabled for a platform

  • A plugin displays platform import settings to the user

  • A plugin avoids import-related behavior for platforms where auto-import is disabled

  • Developers can use the official API instead of relying on workarounds

šŸ“¦ Benefits

  • Improves plugin API completeness

  • Makes platform import settings easier for plugins to respect

  • Reduces the need for unsupported workarounds

  • Helps plugin developers build more reliable integrations

āš ļø Considerations

If write access is supported, changes should stay consistent with LaunchBoxā€™s platform settings. If not, read-only access would still be useful.

Posted by stigzler Ā·
Status: Open To Community3 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
    Teamā€¢

    Jun 27

    Pinned

    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case ā€” that context is always super helpful.

    Iā€™ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and Iā€™m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesnā€™t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • stigzler

    ā€¢

    Jun 27

    Add DisableAutoImport to IPlatform

    Despite being in the xml for each platform, this isnā€™t exposed in IPlatform. Would be super useful if it was and only a 10 minute job?

  • stigzler

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    Jun 10

    Soz - forgot to say - for plugin dev, obviously.