The functional 32 bit version of the plugin is available here:

https://github.com/shrout1/xpatherizernpp

I’ve actually got the SCI_GETTEXT working by utilizing the “ScintillaGateway” object as defined in the plugin infrastructure I’ve integrated.

It appears that the old “SciMsg.SCI_GETTEXT” was returning ASCII when I needed Unicode. The plugin infrastructure somehow resolves this, and I’m simply leaning on that to get it done.

Now my issue appears to be that the XML Nodes are being parsed incorrectly… The parent node is being listed as a child of itself in the output… I’m slowly digging through the source code to figure out what element is chopping up the XML.

Thanks for the help and suggestions! I’ve uploaded the new code to GIT again.

Additionally maybe remove the int casts in NppPluginNETHelper.cs from

    public ClikeStringArray(int num, int stringCapacity)
    {
        _nativeArray = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((num + 1) * IntPtr.Size);
        _nativeItems = new List<IntPtr>();
        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
        {
            IntPtr item = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(stringCapacity);
            Marshal.WriteIntPtr((IntPtr)(_nativeArray + (i * IntPtr.Size)), item);
            _nativeItems.Add(item);
        }
        Marshal.WriteIntPtr((IntPtr)(_nativeArray + (num * IntPtr.Size)), IntPtr.Zero);
    }

I discovered that the “Notification” routine in Main.CS is no longer triggered by UnmanagedExports.cs. I changed the function name to “OnNotification” and modified the argument to match the object being passed in from “beNotified” in the UnmanagedExports.cs callback.

This caused the event handler to correctly trigger when NPP finishes loading, initializing the search & result forms prior to them being called. The “XPatherizerNPP.dll just crashed in runPluginCommand(size_t i : 22)” error is now gone as it is not trying to load a null form object.

Now the problem is that the Scintilla interface does not appear to be returning the correct memory address for the file that is meant to be analyzed. From line 42 in NppPluginNETBase.cs:

Win32.SendMessage(nppData._nppHandle, (uint) NppMsg.NPPM_GETCURRENTSCINTILLA, 0, out curScintilla);

This returns an address that, when passed into “SciMsg.SCI_GETTEXT” returns a whole big bunch of gibberish (looks like Asian characters of some kind). Soooo I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with that. Slow progress! Learning as I go…

I’ve updated the code in the git repo: lhttps://github.com/shrout1/xpatherizernpp/tree/Updated_Infrastructure/XPatherizerNPP

https://github.com/shrout1/xpatherizernpp/tree/Updated_Infrastructure/XPatherizerNPP

I’m seeing a new error now: “XPatherizerNPP.dll just crashed in runPluginCommand(size_t i : 22)”

Not a lot of reference material for that online.

Otherwise I solved the SCNotification issues by remapping the main.cs calls to “ScNotification” in the Scintilla_iface.cs file, changed the “nc.nmhdr.code” calls to “nc.Header.Code” and redefined all the namespaces from “XPatherizerNPP” to “Kbg.NppPluginNET” and “Kbg.NppPluginNET.PluginInfrastructure”

I borrowed from the https://github.com/kbilsted/NppPluginGuidHelper plugin and used all infrastructure there.

Any suggestions are still appreciated!

https://github.com/shrout1/xpatherizernpp

Thank you for suggestion on the other plugin! XML Tools seems a bit unstable, also its XPath component doesn’t seem to work correctly. Attempting to evaluate “.” in a Microsoft sample XML file does not return any nodes… The plugin loads, but the XPath functionality doesn’t seem to work. All dependencies have been installed per the installation readme.

Please let me know if there are any issues with my project upload; I have limited experience with git. I’ve spent a long time working IT but only dabbled with development.

Thanks very much!