LoadOnStartup ignored from Inventor 2013 onwards?

[oransen]

I've read that in the .AddIn file LoadOnStartUp item is obsolete.

Does that mean that AddIns are always loaded on startup of Inventor?

[augusto.goncalves · Accepted solution]

No, we are planing to improve this with LoadBehavior, as described at this blog post http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/migrate-net-add-ins-to-registry-free.html (search on the page for LoadBehavior) and note the recomended values on the table.

[oransen]

Ok, thanks. But to the question:

"LoadOnStartup ignored from Inventor 2013 onwards?"

the answer is "Yes" then?

[augusto.goncalves · Accepted solution]

Usually when something is marked as 'Obsolete' it means that will be removed sometime in the future. If your app is being developed and will not support previous versions, I would suggest you don't use any obsolete feature. If you must, then use it carefully.

[jdkriek]

Obsolete items tend to take several versions to be depreciated or removed, but I usually re-examine the code any time a new version is planned to be upgraded to and will make appropriate changes prior to the deployment phase.