writing first plugin - writer does not recognize

Question

Hello,

I have found a couple of tutorials to create a very basic plugin. i also watch the video on chanell 9

the tutorial i am working on now is
http://www.liveside.net/developer/archive/2006/10/11/Writing-Plugins-For-Windows-Live-Writer-_2D00_-Adding-An-Icon.aspx

everything seems to work, it builds and places a dll in the plugins directory, but when i start writer it does not see my plugin.

can someone give me guidance on how to debug this?

This is the code that i am using

thanks for any help

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using WindowsLive.Writer.Api;
using System.Windows.Forms;


namespace MyNewPlugin
{
  [WriterPlugin("8638eda4-6533-4d19-9da7-ff92ff5a7590", "My First Plugin",
    Description="This is my first plugin",
    HasEditableOptions=false,
    Name="My First Plugin",
    PublisherUrl="http://www.hello.com",
    ImagePath="myicon.ico")]
  [InsertableContentSource("From MyNewPlugin")]
  
  public class NewPlugin : ContentSource
  {
    public NewPlugin()
    {
    }

    public override DialogResult CreateContent(IWin32Window dialogOwner, ref string newContent)
    {
      newContent = "This was put in by my first Live Writer Plugin :)";

      return DialogResult.OK;
    }
  }
}

 

 

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RP

Answer 1

Not sure if it will be this, but worth a try. Right click on the project in the solution explorer, go to the properties. Then click on the Assembly properties button, in there you will have a GUID, copy that GUID and replace the one in your plugin code (where it says [WriterPlugin("....), then try rebuilding the plugin.

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Answer 2

thanks, i have already tried that

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RP

Answer 3

Just a thought, what version of .NET Framework are you targetting with your plug-in?

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SL - Windows Live Platform MVP
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Answer 4

Had the same problem; setting it to compile for .NET 3.5 did the trick for me.