# Is it possible to build a robostudio add-in with robotstudio sdk in c++?

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**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-a-robostudio-add-in-with-robotstudio-sdk-in-c/9731 "2020-10-05T05:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![pit](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/pit/32/982_2.png) [@pit](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/pit)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-a-robostudio-add-in-with-robotstudio-sdk-in-c/9731/1 "2020-10-05T05:56:36Z")

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I’d like to create a c++ framework for addins.  
The reason why I’d like to do this is that I’d like to integrate functionalities of an other software written in c++ (using Qt).  
Is there anyone who already did that ?

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**Author:** ![dnilsson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/dnilsson/32/795_2.png) [@dnilsson](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/dnilsson)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-a-robostudio-add-in-with-robotstudio-sdk-in-c/9731/2 "2020-10-06T06:59:03Z")

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Hi,  
So you want to use the GUI from an already written C++ application?  
That would not integrate well with RobotStudio. But you of course use the DLL’s from the C++ application and call them from C#. So my recommendation is to write the actual add-in in C# and then use the C++ DLL’s to leverage the already written extra functionality.