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InDesign CC 2017 Plugins are not loading from Plug-Ins folder.

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I have compiled and build Plugins for InDesign CC 2017, using XCode 7.2.1 on OS X 10.11 using 10.11 Base SDK.

The plugins (.InDesignPlugin) files are in Plug-Ins folder of InDesign Application ( /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC 2017/Plug-Ins). And when I am opening InDesign to test the plugins then I cannot find the plugin anywhere in any menu. Normally for older versions of InDesign (CC 2015, CC 2014) plugins go in Windows menu and i can see the preferences for plugin configuration in Indesign preferences but I cannot locate anything related to my plugins in CC 2017.

InDesign is not even showing me that the plugins are invalid or unrecognized.

How do I troubleshoot this problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

Try the following steps to isolate the issue.

1. See if some other plugin compiled on your MAC, do load in CC2017 or not. This will rule out any dev. environment issue, or plugin build issue

2. If you have debug build of InDesign, make a debug build of the plugin. It will give you more information on what is going wrong. Launch InDesign using the Xcode debugger for more information

3. If you just have release version of InDesign, then also launch InDesign using the debugger and see if any breakpoints are hit, monitor the console for any information related to your plugin

4. Make sure all the third party dependencies used by the plugin are present on the machine you are trying to load the plugin

These steps should draw you closer to the reason of the issue you are facing. Revert back with details on these steps, so that we can generate more ideas to further debug.

-Manan

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Manan JoshiCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 2, 2017

Try the following steps to isolate the issue.

1. See if some other plugin compiled on your MAC, do load in CC2017 or not. This will rule out any dev. environment issue, or plugin build issue

2. If you have debug build of InDesign, make a debug build of the plugin. It will give you more information on what is going wrong. Launch InDesign using the Xcode debugger for more information

3. If you just have release version of InDesign, then also launch InDesign using the debugger and see if any breakpoints are hit, monitor the console for any information related to your plugin

4. Make sure all the third party dependencies used by the plugin are present on the machine you are trying to load the plugin

These steps should draw you closer to the reason of the issue you are facing. Revert back with details on these steps, so that we can generate more ideas to further debug.

-Manan

-Manan
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RJ9191Author
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March 2, 2017

I have build two plugins on this MAC both aren't loading in InDesign. What does that mean?

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Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
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March 2, 2017

Could mean multiple things, like

  • The build process has issues
  • InDesign installation has issues etc

Try building one of the sample plugins shipped with the sdk and see if it loads, if it does not then there is something wrong in the development environment.

-Manan

-Manan
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