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nguyend40624345
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February 17, 2016
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How to use InDesign SDK on Visual Studio 2013 for C++ project?

  • February 17, 2016
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I have got a stuck on my research about “using InDesign SDK to develop a plugin for InDesign”. Through my research, I have tried to start a sample project that shipped along with the SDK from Visual Studio 2013 (Note that all sample projects are using C++). Also, I have post many questions on InDesign’s forum to request a help but long time without response. And this a final change that I need your help to continue my research on this issue. The issue is described as below:

  • Involved Document: plugin_sdk_CC2015_072_20150618.zip (An InDesign SDK – Downloaded from Adobe site - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/sdk.html)
  • Development Framework: Visual Studio 2013 (C++)
  • I have followed the guideline in folder “plugin\docs\html\index.html”.
  • I open a sample project in folder “plugin\build\win\prj” on Visual Studio 2013.
  • From the Visual Studio 2013 window, I click “Local Windows Debuggeer” to run the project. But after compiled the project, it generated an error message and the project cannot run further.

Note: All document and sample projects are belong to InDesign SDK.

I stuck there and cannot find a solution for this issue even I have followed the document from InDesing SDK strictly. Finally, the purpose of this research is to create a sample plugin for InDesign.

Regards,

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Correct answer durgeshj41842015

hi,

Set your Debugging path in  visual studio 2013.

if you find any problem than you can contact me feel free on my mail ID

durgesh31g@gmail.com

Thanks

Durgesh joshi

+91-8860697370

4 replies

lakshmi_narayans23955275
lakshmi_narayans23955275
Participant
October 6, 2016

where can i get the debug version for in design cc 2015  for plugin development please send download link

Thanks in advance

Regards

S Lakshmi Narayanan

Zhiyong Peng
Zhiyong Peng
Known Participant
March 30, 2016

You may need to run release version of your sample plugin instead of debug version because running

Debug version plugin you need to have debug version Indesign.

Zhiyong Peng

Zhiyong Peng
Zhiyong Peng
Known Participant
February 26, 2016

‌buy debug version of indesign. Why did one do research on id plugin If there is no project?

durgeshj41842015
durgeshj41842015Correct answer
Inspiring
February 18, 2016

hi,

Set your Debugging path in  visual studio 2013.

if you find any problem than you can contact me feel free on my mail ID

durgesh31g@gmail.com

Thanks

Durgesh joshi

+91-8860697370

nguyend40624345
nguyend40624345Author
Inspiring
February 18, 2016

Hi Durgesh joshi,

I got an error message when apply your change. It shows "Debugging information for 'InDesing.exe' cannot be found or does not match. Cannot find or open the PDB file.". Below is the versions of my development tool kits:

- Plugin_sdk_CC2015_072_20150618.zip (An InDesign SDK – Downloaded from Adobe site - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/sdk.html)

- Visual Studio 2013

- Adobe InDesign CC 2015

When I config the project as your suggestion, I set the Command field in Debugging with the path "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2015\InDesign.exe". But when InDesign start up, it show nothing. Also, I have captured some pictures for your to get more detail.

Regards,

Dung Tri

trind09@yahoo.com

M
Markus Freitag
Inspiring
February 18, 2016

Hi Dung Tri,

you try to start the release version of InDesign with the Debugger. You must install an run the debug version of InDesign to debug the compiled plugin.

Markus

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