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August 25, 2008
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[CS3 Mac]: Loading of plugin fails?

  • August 25, 2008
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Hello!

I have a plugin.

The build process with XCode succeeds.

But when the plugin is loaded in Adobe InDesign CS3 Debug there are coming two error messages:
"CFBundleLoadExecutable failed for plugin ..."
"GetPlugIn returned nil for plugin ..."

My system:
Mac OS X 10.5.4
XCode 3.0
Adobe InDesign Debug Version 5.0.3

My question:
How can I find out more why the loading of the plugin fails?

Thanks,
Alois Blaimer
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4 replies

September 30, 2008
The console is an application that is installed into /Applications/Utilities

In all likelihood the problem is the the linking to Xerces. You said that its linked static, which should mean that this is not the problem, but I can't help but be suspicious. The behavior you describe is the exact same behavior I have seen anytime I have a dynamic library or framework that fails to load.

The first thing I would do is to comment out your use of Xerces in your code and remove the Xerces library from the linking step of building the plugin and see if the plugin loads then. If that is the case then you will know that its a high probability that the linking of Xerces is causing your problem.
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September 30, 2008
Hello!

how to get the console? I am starting desktop InDesign debug by double-click.

I am linking a static library from Xerces (http://xerces.apache.org/index.html) to the plugin.

Thank you!

Alois Blaimer
September 29, 2008
Check the console for any error messages relating the the bundle loading when you launch. Do you link any external frameworks or libraries to your plugin ?
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September 29, 2008
Hello!

I still have the problem.

Is there really nothing that tells me more, why the loading of the plugin fails?

Any help appreciated!

Alois Blaimer