[C++] How to debug DLL presense/absense causing plugin not to load? - Where are the logs?

[Samuel5E6F]

I'm developing a plugin using C++ and trying to link to a bunch of my internal libraries (which in turn, depend on external libraries like abseil, licrypto, libssl, zlib and curl).

Calling into a function for one of my subprojects—to use CMake terminology; which I'm using for its build-system—doesn't result in an error, but it's not called. Trying with a different function in a different subproject and then the plugin never appears in the "Export" menu (although it is loaded from the start screen… I'm building an ExportController).

Where are the log files for this, or can I somehow enable logging?

(I've attached the Visual Studio debugger on Windows but that's not assisting here… I've also looked in "%AppData%\Adobe\Premiere Pro\Logs" to no avail)

Thanks

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

https://ppro-plugins.docsforadobe.dev/intro/load-em-up.html#resolving-plug-in-loading-problems

[Samuel5E6F]

Thanks but that doesn't resolve the issue.

All the log file tells me is:

> The library could not be loaded.

Is there some way to get more information as to why it can't be loaded?

PS: My C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\<name> directory has pp-plugin.prm (also: pp-plugin.exp, pp-plugin.ilk, pp-plugin.lib, pp-plugin.pdb), zlibd1.dll, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll, libcurl-d.dll, libssl-1_1-x64.dll.

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

>Is there some way to get more information as to why it can't be loaded?

Not from PPro.

The recommended approach = start from a loading example project, and add new linked components one at a time, testing after each addition. This will tell you what component is causing the problem.