Studio Useful Tips service

Overview

The Sdl.Community.UsefulTips.Service is a service provider for updating the Useful Tips that are displayed in SDL Trados Studio 2019.

Add Sdl.Community.UsefulTips.Service to your project

Package Manager UI

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click References and choose Manage NuGet Packages

2. Choose nuget.org as the Package source, select the Browse tab, search for Sdl.Community.UsefulTips.Service, select that package in the list, and select Install:

3. Accept any license prompts.

Package Manager Console

1. Select the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console menu command.

2. From the Package Manager Console, enter the command:

Install-Package Sdl.Community.UsefulTips.Service -Version 1.1.5

Examples

The following example creates an instance of the TipsProvider and adds a new Tip for a single language (i.e. en).

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Sdl.Community.UsefulTipsService;
using Sdl.Community.UsefulTipsService.Model;
using Sdl.Community.UsefulTipsService.Services;

namespace Sdl.Community.Example.Services
{
   public class UsefulTipsService
   {
       public void AddUsefulTips()
       {
           var tipContexts = GetTipContexts();

           var tipsProvider = new TipsProvider(new PathService());
           tipsProvider.AddTips(tipContexts, "[My Plugin Name]");
       }

       private static List<TipContext> GetTipContexts()
       {
           var tipContexts = new List<TipContext>
           {
               new TipContext
               {
                   LanguageId = "en",
                   Tips = new List<Tip>
                   {
                       new Tip
                       {
                           Category = "[the plugin name]",
                           Context = "[the Id associated wth the plugin View]",
                           Content = "[full path to the Markdown File]",
                           Title = "My Tip",
                           Description = "This is an awesome Tip",
                           DescriptionImage = "[full path to the image file]"
                       }
                   }
               }
           };
           return tipContexts;
       }
   }
}