ATE Namespace

I added IText.cpp into my project and have included every ATE include file I could find.  I am now getting 87 link errors, some listed below. IText.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sApplicationPaint IText.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sCompFont IText.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sCompFontClass IText.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sCompFontClassSet

There are some macros that you can add to clear this stuff up. Take a look at ATETextSuitesDeclare.h, ATETextSuitesExtern.h, ATETextSuitesImplement.h & ATETextSuitesImportHelper.h. Unfortunately I haven't used these so I don't know -- we alreayd include all the stuff IText uses. Basically, its expecting to use suites that aren't there. You can either add all the ones specified in your link errors to your suite list (as if you were going to use them yourself) or you can attempt to use the macros in the headers I mentioned.

IText.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl ATE::Throw_ATE_Exception(enum ATE::ATEErr)" (?Throw_ATE_Exception@ATE@@YAXW4ATEErr@1@@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall ATE::ICompFont::ICompFont(class ATE::ITextResources)" (??0ICompFont@ATE@@QAE@VITextResources@1@@Z)

This sounds like you need to add IThrowException.cpp.

Why it this so difficult to get the ATE namespace imported into my project.  I created a simple project with File->New-Project->IllustratorPlugin which gave me my plugin file to start with.  At the top I have the ATE includes and the line "using namespaceATE:'  I just don't get it.

This has nothing to do with the ATE namespace, it has to do with using the IText helper code. If you drop IText completely form your project and talk to the ATE suites yourself directly (adding the suites you use as you would any other AI suite) you won't run into these problems. Frankly though, I find the IText helper objects very helpful so if you're going to be doing much with text I'd reccommend just enduring the pain to get IText up & running. At any rate, I can sympathize, as its definitely a sample project that needs to be added to the SDK.