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    • donhoD
      donho
      last edited by

      @dinkumoil said:

      Query full plugin DLL file path by message sent to Npp

      How about “Query full plugins home path by message sent to Npp” ?
      Since there is only one location of plugin from 7.6 version, the plugins home path\pluginUniqueName\pluginUniqueName.dll is full plugin DLL file path.

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      • dinkumoilD
        dinkumoil
        last edited by

        @donho said:

        How about “Query full plugins home path by message sent to Npp” ?

        Would be good too and would reduce the parameters to 2 (pointer to buffer and pointer to buffer length), thus no additional struct neccessary. Would be great if you would implement it this way.

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        • donhoD
          donho
          last edited by

          @dinkumoil Then it will be:

          #define NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH (NPPMSG + 97)
          // BOOL NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH (size_t strLen, TCHAR *str)
          // Get plugin home root path.
          // where str is the allocated TCHAR array by user,
          //  strLen is the allocated array size by user
          // The return value is TRUE when get generic_string operation success
          // Otherwise (allocated array size is too small) FALSE
          

          What do you think ?

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          • dinkumoilD
            dinkumoil
            last edited by dinkumoil

            @donho

            Better would be:

            #define NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH (NPPMSG + 97)
            // INT NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH(size_t strLen, TCHAR *pluginRootPath)
            // Get plugin home root path.
            // Returns the number of TCHAR copied/to copy.
            // Users should call it with pluginRootPath be NULL to get the required
            // number of TCHAR (not including the terminating nul character), allocate
            // pluginRootPath buffer with the return value + 1, then call it again to
            // get the path.
            
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            • donhoD
              donho @dinkumoil
              last edited by

              @dinkumoil

              Done:
              https://notepad-plus-plus.org/pluginListTestTools/

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              • dinkumoilD
                dinkumoil
                last edited by

                @donho

                Thank you, much appreciated!

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                • chcgC
                  chcg
                  last edited by

                  @donho What do you think about plugin entries regarding we know the plugin, but it could currently not be automatically installed and the user need to do it manually. And later one a hint for installed plugins not known to the PA so the user can report them at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList.

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                  • SinghRajenMS
                    SinghRajenM moderator
                    last edited by

                    @donho,
                    I have a quick question here.
                    What if there are more that two users on a PC. Only one Admin user and rest are standard users. How PA will work?

                    Consider a case:
                    Admin installed Npp, so will standard or any other user be able to access PA? I feel ‘nppPluginList.dll’ should go to %allusersprofile% instead of %appdata% or can it be kept in %programfiles% itself?

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                    • Karl-Heinz TuchnerK
                      Karl-Heinz Tuchner
                      last edited by

                      Have the following problem:
                      Where can I find the plugin admin in v. 7.6? In the menu bar, I find no entry plugins

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                      • dinkumoilD
                        dinkumoil
                        last edited by

                        @Karl-Heinz-Tuchner said:

                        Where can I find the plugin admin in v. 7.6? In the menu bar.

                        In the german locale there is in the main menu bar an entry Erweiterungen. In its drop down menu you will find an entry Plugin Admin.

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                        • Meta ChuhM
                          Meta Chuh moderator @Karl-Heinz Tuchner
                          last edited by

                          @Karl-Heinz-Tuchner

                          not being able to see plugins or not even the plugin menu normally only happens under the following cases:
                          you have installed from the installer and selected the installer option “don’t use %APPDATA%” when you installed it
                          or
                          you are using the portable release npp.7.6.bin.zip which does not include plugins admin at the moment
                          or
                          you have put the portable np++ into the Program Files (x86) folder

                          could you post your debug info here so we can see how it has been installed ?
                          (menu bar > ? > debug info > copy debug info to clipboard)

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                          • Karl-Heinz TuchnerK
                            Karl-Heinz Tuchner
                            last edited by

                            @Meta-Chuh

                            Here the debug info:

                            Notepad++ v7.6 (64-bit)
                            Build time : Nov 13 2018 - 00:12:05
                            Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                            Admin mode : ON
                            Local Conf mode : OFF
                            OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
                            Plugins : none

                            I think I found the mistake.
                            I used the option “do not use% APPDATA%”.
                            How can I undo this?

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                            • Meta ChuhM
                              Meta Chuh moderator @Karl-Heinz Tuchner
                              last edited by

                              @Karl-Heinz-Tuchner

                              normally it should be enough to reinstall np++ over the current installation without selecting “do not use% APPDATA%”

                              but i see something strange in your case:
                              this option just puts an empty DoLocalConf.xml inside the Notepad++ directory which changes the behavior of np++ if it is present.
                              but in your log it says “Local Conf mode : OFF” which indicates that DoLocalConf.xml is not present.

                              maybe you’ll have to uninstall notepad++ completely,
                              then remove %LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad++ and %PROGRAMFILES%\Notepad++ before reinstalling
                              (enter %LOCALAPPDATA% in your explorer adress bar and delete the Notepad++ folder, repeat the same in %PROGRAMFILES%)
                              and then reinstall np++ 7.6 64 bit

                              hope this helps

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                              • Karl-Heinz TuchnerK
                                Karl-Heinz Tuchner
                                last edited by

                                @Meta-Chuh

                                Now it´s all OK!
                                Thank you for help!

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                                • Chris HultC
                                  Chris Hult
                                  last edited by

                                  I am also having the problem where I do not see a way to access the Plugin Admin. I do not see any plugin admin in the menu bar. Any help would be much appreciated!

                                  screen print: https://www.screencast.com/t/CBLiIsR7x

                                  Debug Info:
                                  Notepad++ v7.6 (64-bit)
                                  Build time : Nov 13 2018 - 00:12:05
                                  Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                                  Admin mode : OFF
                                  Local Conf mode : OFF
                                  OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
                                  Plugins : none

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                                  • MrSimurqM
                                    MrSimurq
                                    last edited by

                                    Am I the only one missing the new Plugin Admin menu? Using v7.6 but can’t see any “built-in Plugin Admin” in Notepad++. I’ve checked almost every under menu item but the only plugins I can see are the default ones like spell checker, mime tools, etc.
                                    Do I need to download it separately, as opposed to advertised “built-in” version?
                                    Thanks!

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                                    • dinkumoilD
                                      dinkumoil
                                      last edited by

                                      @MrSimurq

                                      Please provide some additional infos:

                                      1. Do you use a portable installation or did you use the installer to update Notepad++ to v7.6?
                                      2. Did you use the option “Don’t use %APPDATA%” during installation?
                                      3. Do you work normally with a restricted user account and thus you had to install Notepad++ using username & password of an administrative account?
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                                      • MrSimurqM
                                        MrSimurq
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks, dinkumoil!

                                        1. Portable 32-bit version downloaded as a 7zip file. But I didn’t see any note on the Plugin Admin page re: installation type.
                                        2. Nope. I think that’s because I use the portable version.
                                        3. Admin with no password.
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                                        • dinkumoilD
                                          dinkumoil
                                          last edited by

                                          @MrSimurq

                                          You are unlucky, the portable version currently doesn’t include Plugin Admin, maybe in the future.

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                                          • Michael GroholM
                                            Michael Grohol
                                            last edited by

                                            Just downloaded v7.6. I see the new Plugins Manager is mentioned here: Notepad-plus-plus.org/features/plugin-admin.html. I do not know how to launch it, though, from inside Notepad++ v7.6. Thoughts? I am particularly interested in the plugin NppExport which should allow me to export .v files (Verilog HDL) to a Word doc and preserve the syntax coloring. Thanks for any tips.

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