XCode & all the tricky settings...

[david van brink]

Hi!

So, I am the slowest plugin developer in the world. I've got this set of 4 or 5 terribly clever plugins that I've been tinkering with since, oh, mid 2003 or so. I've finally got a spot of time to try to tidy them up and share them (probably as freeware).

So, trying to switch from Metrowerks (rest in peace) to XCode... I think it's nearly working but maybe missing part of my link?

In After Effects 7.0, I get a dialog box:



After Effects error: couldn't load plug-in "omino_color_extract.plugin" (problem with fragment "") -- bad parameter (-50). (48 :: 29 ) OK.

Questions:
1. What's the next logical step, to debug this problem?
2. IF it's in fact a link error, is there some way to trick XCode into reporting the problem before actually launching After Effects and clicking around? (Maybe a simple test harness that drives linkage or something...)

Any guidance, general or specific, most welcome! Thanks for reading...

[david van brink]

... ok. By squinting very, very hard at the XCode Target Settings for my project and SDK_Noise, I was at last able to get all my linker symbols lined up and accessible...

Whew.

I am interested to hear if anyone has a build-and-test flow other than "run it inside After Effects and see if it looks right", though... Anyone?

Cheers! --> dvb

[Bruce Bullis]

That's a fine workflow. ;)

That error message means the OS couldn't load everything upon which your plug-in depends, and/or has problems with the entry point exported in the PiPL.