Is it possible add other plugins as a sub menu in visual paradigm

Plug-in & Open API
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Hi,

I am trying to add other plugins as a sub menu in visual paradigm.

below are my plugin.xml

<actionSets>
	<actionSet id="com.vp.plugin.sample.classdiagram.actionset1">
	<menu id="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.mymenu" label="Sample Menu" mnemonic="M" ribbonPath="Tools/PublishProject" />
	 
	<action id="com.vp.plugin.sample.classdiagram.actionset1.ClassDiagramActionControl"
				actionType="generalAction"
				label="Create Class Diagram"
				tooltip="Create Class Diagram via Open API"
				style="normal"
				icon="icons/class.png"
				ribbonPath="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.mymenu/#">
			<actionController class="com.vp.plugin.sample.classdiagram.actions.ClassDiagramActionControl"/>
		</action>
		
		<action id="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.MyAction"
				actionType="generalAction"
				label="DiagramSwimlane"
				tooltip="ActivityDiagramSwimlane"
				style="normal"
				icon="icons/swimlane_icon.png"
				ribbonPath="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.mymenu/#">
			<actionController class="com.vp.plugin.sample.activitydiagramswimlane.actions.ActivityDiagramSwimlaneActionControl"/>
		</action>
		
		<action id="com.vp.plugin.sample.componentdiagram.actionset1.ComponentDiagramActionControl"
				actionType="generalAction"
				label="Component Diagram"
				tooltip="Create Component Diagram via Open API"
				style="normal"
				icon="icons/component.png"
				ribbonPath="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.mymenu/com.vp.plugin.sample.componentdiagram.actions.ComponentDiagramActionControl">
			<actionController class="com.vp.plugin.sample.componentdiagram.actions.ComponentDiagramActionControl"/>
		</action>
	
	<action id="com.vp.plugin.sample.dfdplugin.actionset1.DFDActionControl"
				actionType="generalAction"
  				label="DFD plugin"
	      		tooltip="Sample plugin for generate dfd"
				style="normal"
      			icon="icons/plugin_icon.png"
				ribbonPath="com.vp.plugin.sample.mytools.mymenu/com.vp.plugin.sample.dfdplugin.DFDAction">
			<actionController class="com.vp.plugin.sample.dfdplugin.DFDAction"/>
		</action>
		
	</actionSet>
	
</actionSets>

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How can I create Sample Menu similar to Doc. Composer and drop down for other plugin links.

Best Regards,
Nilesh

2

The article below should gives you example about how to create custom ribbon and sub-menu using Plugin API.

3

Thanks Rain.