Flare plugin manager cannot find my dll

[oelgoetz]

Hi,

I just followed the instructions on http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare ... in_API.htm (or more precisely: http://downloads.madcapsoftware.com/fla ... oc1100.zip ) to program my first plugin for Flare.
I was able to compile my source code into a dll and moved it into a new subfolder of c:\Program Files (x86)\MadCap Software\MadCap Flare V11\Flare.app\Plugins\ (where Flare V11 is installed)
However, when I launch Flare and open the Plugin manager window in order to activate the plugin, it wouldn't find the entry.

Has anybody an idea what is going wrong here? Is there a step I missed?

[Paulie]

Hi there,

I believe that the name of the sub-folder where you put your plugin must match name of your dll file.
So if your dll is called MyPlugIn.dll, it should be in the Plugins\MyPlugIn folder.

[oelgoetz]

thanks Laurie,

but no, this does not fix my problem.
My Plugin is called "FirstPlugin.dll" and the name of the sub-folder is "FirstPlugin".

Any other proposals?

[jlavineway]

I am having the same issue. I copied two plugins into Visual Studios. They both built successfully in Visual Studios, I copied them into sub-directories (with the same name as the plugins) of C:\Program Files\MadCap Software\MadCap Flare 13\Flare.app\Plugins , but only 1 shows up when open Options dialog.

If the plugin is built correctly, and put into the correct sub-directory, why wouldn't Flare recognize it?