New Plugin gets 'This ANSI plugin is not compatible with your Unicode Notepad++'

[Erwin Marschalk]

I’ve created a sample Plugin derived from NppPluginTemplate. Its compiled with Embarcadero’s C++ Builder as a 32 Bit application and with UNICODE. The function isUnicode() is build and exported from the DLL. But if i start Npp i get the messagebox:

This ANSI plugin is not compatible with your Unicode Notepad++

NppPluginDemo.dll is not compatible with the current version of Notepad++

Npp Debug Info is:

Notepad++ v7.5.4 (32-bit)
Build time : Jan 1 2018 - 01:47:45
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExec.dll NppExport.dll NppFTP.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll PyNPP.dll PythonScript.dll SourceCookifier.dll

[Claudia Frank]

@Erwin-Marschalk said:

isUnicode()

not only build but returns True?

Cheers
Claudia

[Erwin Marschalk]

Yes, it returns with

return TRUE;

as in the sample.

Cheers

Erwin

[Claudia Frank]

@Erwin-Marschalk

I don’t know Embarcadero’s C++ but how does it build the dll
with stdcall or cdecl convention?

Cheers
Claudia

[Erwin Marschalk]

Claudia,

the entry is defined as

extern “C” __declspec(dllexport) BOOL isUnicode()

but as i checked the dll, its exported with an underscore.

I’ll check the linker options to remove the underscores.

Thanks

Erwin

[Erwin Marschalk]

I have it now. I compiled the plugin template without any changes. The only thing was, the C++Builder has a project option ‘C++ Compiler/Output/Create Underscore for Symbolnames’, which is checked by default. It must be unchecked.

Conclusion, Npp Plugins can also developed with Embarcadero’s C++ Builder.

Erwin