Use const strings for the plugin info names

Author: aacuevas

Builds/VisualStudio2013/Plugins/Plugins.sdf

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ using namespace Plugin;
 extern "C" EXPORT void getLibInfo(Plugin::LibraryInfo* info)
 {
 	info->apiVersion = PLUGIN_API_VER;
-	strcpy_s(info->name, "Kwik Format");
+	info->name = "Kwik Format";
 	info->numPlugins = NUM_PLUGINS;
 }
 
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ extern "C" EXPORT int getPluginInfo(int index, Plugin::PluginInfo* info)
 	{
 	case 0:
 		info->type = Plugin::RecordEnginePlugin;
-		strcpy(info->recordEngine.name, "Kwik");
+		info->recordEngine.name = "Kwik";
 		info->recordEngine.creator = &(Plugin::createRecordEngine<HDF5Recording>);
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		info->type = Plugin::FileSourcePlugin;
-		strcpy(info->fileSource.name, "Kwd file");
-		strcpy(info->fileSource.extensions, "kwd");
+		info->fileSource.name = "Kwd file";
+		info->fileSource.extensions = "kwd";
 		info->fileSource.creator = &(Plugin::createFileSource<KWIKFileSource>);
 		break;
 	default:

Builds/VisualStudio2013/Plugins/Plugins.v12.suo

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ using namespace Plugin;
 extern "C" EXPORT void getLibInfo(Plugin::LibraryInfo* info)
 {
 	info->apiVersion = PLUGIN_API_VER;
-	strcpy(info->name, "LFP viewer");
+	info->name = "LFP viewer";
 	info->numPlugins = NUM_PLUGINS;
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ extern "C" EXPORT int getPluginInfo(int index, Plugin::PluginInfo* info)
 	{
 	case 0:
 		info->type = Plugin::ProcessorPlugin;
-		strcpy(info->processor.name, "LFP viewer");
+		info->processor.name = "LFP viewer";
 		info->processor.type = Plugin::SinkProcessor;
 		info->processor.creator = &(Plugin::createProcessor<LfpDisplayNode>);
 		break;

Source/Plugins/KWIKFormat/OpenEphysLib.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ using namespace Plugin;
 extern "C" EXPORT void getLibInfo(Plugin::LibraryInfo* info)
 {
 	info->apiVersion = PLUGIN_API_VER;
-	strcpy(info->name, "Rhythm Node");
+	info->name = "Rhythm Node";
 	info->numPlugins = NUM_PLUGINS;
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern "C" EXPORT int getPluginInfo(int index, Plugin::PluginInfo* info)
 	{
 	case 0:
 		info->type = Plugin::DatathreadPlugin;
-		strcpy(info->dataThread.name, "Rhythm FPGA");
+		info->dataThread.name = "Rhythm FPGA";
 		info->dataThread.creator = &(Plugin::createDataThread<RHD2000Thread>);
 		break;
 	default:

Source/Plugins/LfpDisplayNode/OpenEphysLib.cpp

@@ -68,33 +68,33 @@ namespace Plugin
 
 	struct ProcessorInfo
 	{
-		char name[100];
+		const char* name;
 		ProcessorCreator creator;
 		ProcessorType type;
 	};
 
 	struct DataThreadInfo
 	{
-		char name[100];
+		const char* name;
 		DataThreadCreator creator;
 	};
 
 	struct RecordEngineInfo
 	{
-		char name[100];
+		const char* name;
 		EngineManagerCreator creator;
 	};
 
 	struct FileSourceInfo
 	{
-		char name[100];
+		const char* name;
 		FileSourceCreator creator;
-		char extensions[100]; //Semicolon separated list of extensions. Eg: "txt;dat;info;kwd"
+		const char* extensions; //Semicolon separated list of extensions. Eg: "txt;dat;info;kwd"
 	};
 
 	struct LibraryInfo
 	{
-		char name[300];
+		const char* name;
 		int apiVersion;
 		int numPlugins;
 	};

Source/Plugins/RhythmNode/OpenEphysLib.cpp

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int PluginManager::loadPlugin(const String& pluginLoc) {
 
 	LoadedLibInfo lib;
 	lib.apiVersion = libInfo.apiVersion;
-	strcpy(lib.name,libInfo.name);
+	lib.name = libInfo.name;
 	lib.numPlugins = libInfo.numPlugins;
 	lib.handle = handle;
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int PluginManager::loadPlugin(const String& pluginLoc) {
 		{
 			LoadedPluginInfo<Plugin::ProcessorInfo> info;
 			info.creator = pInfo.processor.creator;
-			strcpy(info.name, pInfo.processor.name);
+			info.name = pInfo.processor.name;
 			info.type = pInfo.processor.type;
 			info.libIndex = libArray.size();
 			processorPlugins.add(info);
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int PluginManager::loadPlugin(const String& pluginLoc) {
 		{
 			LoadedPluginInfo<Plugin::RecordEngineInfo> info;
 			info.creator = pInfo.recordEngine.creator;
-			strcpy(info.name, pInfo.recordEngine.name);
+			info.name = pInfo.recordEngine.name;
 			info.libIndex = libArray.size();
 			recordEnginePlugins.add(info);
 			break;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int PluginManager::loadPlugin(const String& pluginLoc) {
 		{
 			LoadedPluginInfo<Plugin::DataThreadInfo> info;
 			info.creator = pInfo.dataThread.creator;
-			strcpy(info.name, pInfo.dataThread.name);
+			info.name = pInfo.dataThread.name;
 			info.libIndex = libArray.size();
 			dataThreadPlugins.add(info);
 			break;
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ int PluginManager::loadPlugin(const String& pluginLoc) {
 		{
 			LoadedPluginInfo<Plugin::FileSourceInfo> info;
 			info.creator = pInfo.fileSource.creator;
-			strcpy(info.name, pInfo.fileSource.name);
-			strcpy(info.extensions, pInfo.fileSource.extensions);
+			info.name = pInfo.fileSource.name;
+			info.extensions = pInfo.fileSource.extensions;
 			info.libIndex = libArray.size();
 			fileSourcePlugins.add(info);
 			break;