topic Outdated AddOn in Archicad C++ API

Outdated AddOn

Dayiz — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:42:54 GMT

Dear Community,

I managed to build my first AddOn and it works perfectly on my machine, but when i try it on another i always get the error "Diese Datei ist ein veraltetes Add-On, dass mit dieser Archicad Version nicht verwendet werden kann." (Deepl Translation: "This file is an obsolete add-on that cannot be used with this Archicad version.").

So I found

https://community.Graphisoft.com/t5/Developer-forum/Using-the-Development-Kit-with-Visual-Studio-2022/td-p/344684

where a similiar problem is explained. I installed the previous MSVC v142 as explained in the post and added the parameter to my CMake Project

But even after just building the Example AddOn i got the same error on other machines.

I tried it through command prompt instead of using the CMake GUI

But I'm still getting the error on other machines.

I also found something similiar in the FAQ:

https://archicadapi.Graphisoft.com/faq

The 2nd point of "My add-on runs perfectly on my development machine, but when I install it on the client’s machine it refuses to load." it says:

[...] The required runtime version can be correctly set in the add-on’s manifest file.

Where or what is that manifest file? I can't find any further explanation on it.

What am I missing?

Re: Outdated AddOn

julienK — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:15:16 GMT

Did you do this?

https://archicadapi.Graphisoft.com/how-to-get-mdid-for-my-add-on

Re: Outdated AddOn

Dayiz — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:24:03 GMT

Yes, otherwise it wouldn't work on my EDU version (addons without mdid should only work with demo versions of Archicad)

Re: Outdated AddOn

Dayiz — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:27:43 GMT

Well, i found my problem. It was actually the first point of https://archicadapi.Graphisoft.com/faq , I always published a debug version and not a release version. So i changed the settings in VS to Build and it works!

But I'm still curious about the manifest file, still havn't found it