# Addons

The following fuctions and structures are not included in the standart API, but often used when writing plugins.
This section will also contain structures and functions, which may help in writing plugins. If you think, that your structure or function is worthy of being here, write to authors of this encyclopedia.

### General purpose functions

Function | Description
--- | ---
InitDialogItems | Translates InitDialogItem structure to FarDialogItem structure
InitMenuItems | Translates InitMenuItem structure to FarMenuItem structure
LocMsg | Returns a pointer to a string according to language settings of FAR Manager

### Structures

Structure | Description
--- | ---
InitDialogItem | Defines the dialog item
InitMenuItem | Defines the menu item

See also:
Custom API
Exported functions
Structures
Archive support