plug ins not showing in 4.80, one one laptop, work on another?

[Hakan]

TDan.
Very nice you happen to capture that. I've tried to reproduce the same but couldn't. No miniature is shown.
I've asked the user to test your O version. I'll revert.
Håkan

[Hakan]

TDan..
OK - the built from your plugindebug works fine also for my friend. Issue solved?
So, what's your plan to make a PR? What's the actual changes to make the dialog in front? Is the try-catch procedure worth to keep for any future oddities?
Thanks for great efforts.
Håkan

[transmitterdan]

Originally Posted by Hakan

TDan..
OK - the built from your plugindebug works fine also for my friend. Issue solved?
So, what's your plan to make a PR? What's the actual changes to make the dialog in front? Is the try-catch procedure worth to keep for any future oddities?
Thanks for great efforts.
Håkan

Håkan,

Thanks for the report. I don't know why my pluginDebug build fixes the problem for your friend. It was only designed to tell us what plugin is causing the issue. I think Dave or Pavel should look at my code and decide if it should be a PR or not. I don't like making changes when I don't know why the change works.

[Hakan]

TDan
Agreed. One do have to know why things are working.
But you did some more minor things than the try-catch part. Some commands where moved but I haven't yet run a diff to find all changes.
Hopefully Dave/Pavel can solve why the dialog are working now but not before.

[transmitterdan]

You can compare pluginDebug to master to see differences. Can be done online at github web site.

[Hakan]

TDan..
Now we may got verified why your fix was working. The fix in this commit by Shawn Dooley https://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN/p...4/files#diff-0 was in your "pluginDebug as well.
Håkan

[transmitterdan]

Yes, maybe that is the true bug but I think either way the parenthesis are arranged is valid. I forget why I changed it.

I also found another null pointer error that I had to add to pluginDebug branch.

[Hakan]

TDan..
You may be correct but with recent O build the blacklist message is now shown correct if I run it using the "bad" plugin directory.
Håkan

[transmitterdan]

Ok, I guess that was the real bug. Glad it's fixed.

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by transmitterdan

Yes, maybe that is the true bug but I think either way the parenthesis are arranged is valid. I forget why I changed it.

I also found another null pointer error that I had to add to pluginDebug branch.

For people not familiar with wxWidgets it is quite usefull to have a look into the wxWidgets eBook: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...DKGrkc5mVx1FMF

Even if this eBook is outdated now it is still a very good source.

Gerhard

[Hakan]

Gerhard..
Nice and handy document not least for my very basic knowledge. Thanks for the link.
Håkan

[rgleason]

Such small paren issues, create so much trouble. Yikes, you guys figured it out. Congratulations.
There is now a short DEV Manual note with Gerhard's doc. wxWidgets

[wingssail]

Guys, I'm watching this thread and it's great work.

Now, I have a similar problem:

Plugins page is blank (but the log shows successful plug in load, see below)

4:05:36 PM: PlugInManager searching for PlugIns in location C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins
4:05:37 PM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\chartdldr_pi.dll
4:05:37 PM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\chartdldr_pi.dll
API Version detected: 113
PlugIn Version detected: 102
4:05:37 PM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\dashboard_pi.dll
4:05:37 PM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\dashboard_pi.dll
API Version detected: 106
PlugIn Version detected: 102
4:05:37 PM: Warning: Caught MainLoopException, continuing...
4:06:15 PM: LOGBOOK: 2017-11-24 22:06:15 UTC DR Lat 20.74820 Lon -105.37830
4:07:47 PM: opencpn::MyFrame exiting cleanly.
4:07:47 PM: Chart cache PlugIn purge
4:07:47 PM: PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\chartdldr_pi.dll
4:07:47 PM: PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\dashboard_pi.dll

The problem is more complicated.

1. Also, after trying to view plugins the toolbox ICON does not work
2. Also now O will not shut down

All the above have worked for me before.

These issues are very repeatable.

I installed 4.80 today, now just went back to 4.6.1, no change.

I am on Windows10 Creators update.

In a few minutes I will try to delete the plug in folder (rename so I can save it) and reinstall O.

After that I will restore the operating system.

After that I will switch to a back-up laptop which is working fine

Fred Roswold

[wingssail]

After trying step 1 (deleting the plugin folder) and then reinstalling O (4.80), it all seems to work.

[capttomk]

Is anyone able to talk to me about OpenCPN on the phone ? I'm going nuts trying to open and download charts.