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Here is the documentation on the henchman.xml (setup) file for UI authors if they chose to use it.

Types of nodes and descriptions:

<option> nodes can only have <file> nodes as children.
<file> nodes can only have <include> nodes as children.
<include> nodes can only have <include> nodes as children.
<core> node can only have <file> nodes as children.

Global variables

• %customui% : Use this in the uipath property. EQ2 Henchman will substitute this variable with the users UI directory.

uipath property paths. These are just an example to give you and idea how this property works

• "": Empty string tell EQ2 Henchman to put the file into the users EverQuest II directory
• "ui\": Tell EQ2 Henchman to put the file in the EverQuest II\UI\ directory
• "ui\%customui%\": Tells EQ2 Henchman to put the file in EverQuest II\UI\CustomUI\ directory
• "ui\%customui%\images\" Tells EQ2 Henchman to put the file in EverQuest II\UI\CustomUI\images\ directory
• "ui\fonts\": Tells EQ2 Henchman to put the file in EverQuest II\UI\fonts\ directory

There is no need to worry about the language folder, EQ2 Henchman Takes it into account.

Option node perimeters:

<option filename="eq2UI_skininfo.xml" mandatory="true" description="Extrems skins">

Property description.

• filename: Is the filename used in the UI.
• mandatory: tells the app that a file has to be include in the option set. It also disallows the user from unchecking this option.
• description: is a description of the file

File node perimeters:

<file filename="eq2ui_inventory_market.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\" default="true" description="The Market Window">

Property description.

• filename: the path\filename of the file in the zip. The filename will be the finename used by the UI if not a child of a option node.
• uipath: Tells the app where you want the file to be installed in relation to the EverQuest2 directory.
• default: Only used when it is a child of a option node. It tells the app that this is the option you want to use a default if the user does not select one.
• description: is a description of the file

Include node perimeters:

<include filename="eq2ui_ButtonStyles.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\"/>

Property description.

• filename: the path\filename of the file in the zip. The filename will be the finename used by the UI.
• uipath: Tells EQ2 Henchman where you want the file to be installed in relation to the EverQuest2 directory.

Core node parameters:

<core>
...
</core>

Core is just a container node nothing more. The user will never have access to these files and they will always be installed.

Sample

<root>
  <option filename="eq2UI_skininfo.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\" description="Extrems skins">
    <file filename="eq2ui_skininfo.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\" default="true" description="Extrems default skin">
      <include filename="eq2ui_ButtonStyles.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\"/>
    </file>
    <file filename="eq2ui_skininfo.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\" default="true" description="Extrems default skin">
      <include filename="eq2ui_ButtonStyles.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\">
        <include filename="include_buttonstyle.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\"/>
      </include>
    </file>
  </option>
  <file filename="eq2ui_inventory_market.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\" description="The Market Window">
    <include filename="system\includes\include_inventory_market_levelclass.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\system\includes\"/>
    <include filename="system\includes\include_inventory_market_preset.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\system\includes\"/>
    <include filename="system\includes\include_market_favorites1.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\system\includes\"/>
    <include filename="system\includes\include_market_favorites3.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\system\includes\"/>
  </file>
  <core>
    <file filename="eq2ui.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\"/>
    <file filename="eq2ui_mainhud.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\"/>
    <file filename="core\eXtreme_core_styles.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\core\"/>
    <file filename="core\styles\eXtreme_style_images.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\core\styles\"/>
    <file filename="core\styles\eXtreme_style_specialelements.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\core\styles\"/>
    <file filename="core\styles\eXtreme_style_textstyles.xml" uipath="ui\%customui%\core\styles\"/>
  </core>
</root>

You can see a working Henchman.xml file eXtremeUI for EQ2 Henchman.