problem to locate inventor addin

[TechInventor20]

Goodmorning,

I'm currently very busy to locate a inventor addin. A collegue of mine has copied all the addins of his previous boss. But know we want to get it working on our server. The problem is that we don't get it to work. I will attatch the files below. could someone help us with this?

Maybe need to mention that we don't have Visual studio

Thomas de Vries 

[bradeneuropeArthur]

i will guide you keep reading...

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Copy add-in dll file to one of following locations:
a) Anywhere, then *.addin file <Assembly> setting should be updated to the full path including the dll name
b) Inventor <InstallPath>\bin\ folder, then *.addin file <Assembly> setting should be the dll name only: <AddInName>.dll
c) Inventor <InstallPath>\bin\XX folder, then *.addin file <Assembly> setting shoule be a relative path: XX\<AddInName>.dll

3) Copy.addin manifest file to one of following locations:
a) Inventor Version Dependent
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Addins\
Windows7/Vista:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Addins\

b) Inventor Version Independent
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Inventor Addins\
Windows7/Vista:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor Addins\

c) Per User Override
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Addins\
Windows7/Vista:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Addins\

4) Startup Inventor, the AddIn should be loaded

To unregister the AddIn, remove the Autodesk.<AddInName>.Inventor.addin from above mentioned .addin manifest file locations directly.

[TechInventor20]

Hi, Thank you for te quick response.

That part we allready knew but we don't quite get what we need to do. What file we need to use or map we need to place. 

In some of the .dll files and other files are diffrent locations mentiond. (like old locations from the previous boss)

hope you understand me more, if not just ask.

mvg Thomas de Vries

[bradeneuropeArthur]

let's take a look

do you have the *.dll file

do you have the *.addin file

[TechInventor20]

If you can look in my zipfile you can find both of them. but within the code are some Filelocations mentiont, but we can't chance them because we can't rewrite them somehow.

[TechInventor20]

look, these are the files and where they are located.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I will take a look

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

iPolem/Autodesk.iPolem.Inventor.addin Copy to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor 20##\Addins

iPolem/obj/Debug/iPolem.dll Copy To C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 20##\Bin

[TechInventor20]

i'm sorry but it won't work. when I close inventor en start it up again there is no Add-in....

I think i give it up....

[bradeneuropeArthur]

also not in the addin menu from inventor?

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

open your add in file with notepad

paste this in;

<Addin Type="Standard">
<!--Created for Autodesk Inventor Version 16.0-->
<ClassId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClassId>
<ClientId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClientId>
<DisplayName>iPolem</DisplayName>
<Description>iPolem/Description>
<Assembly>iPolem.dll</Assembly>
<LoadOnStartUp>1</LoadOnStartUp>
<UserUnloadable>1</UserUnloadable>
<Hidden>0</Hidden>
<SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>15..</SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>
<DataVersion>1</DataVersion>
<UserInterfaceVersion>1</UserInterfaceVersion>
</Addin>

[TechInventor20]

hi,

Well, unforunally it doesn't work.... 

But did you take a look inside some of the important codes? because some of the codes are refering to old locations. (I think) 
And do I have to copy the Whole map to some kind of place? 

little question, how does inventor know where to look for addins? especially the .dll files, because in de map iPolem are like 25 of them. 

Thomas de Vries

[bradeneuropeArthur]

that is exactly what i have changed in the addin file.

the location should be ok with these settings

<Addin Type="Standard">
<!--Created for Autodesk Inventor Version 16.0-->
<ClassId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClassId>
<ClientId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClientId>
<DisplayName>iPolem</DisplayName>
<Description>iPolem/Description>
<Assembly>iPolem.dll</Assembly>
<LoadOnStartUp>1</LoadOnStartUp>
<UserUnloadable>1</UserUnloadable>
<Hidden>0</Hidden>
<SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>15..</SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>
<DataVersion>1</DataVersion>
<UserInterfaceVersion>1</UserInterfaceVersion>
</Addin>

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

The addin file was configured wrong:

<Addin Type="Standard">
<!--Created for Autodesk Inventor Version 16.0-->
<ClassId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClassId>
<ClientId>{5bee0fd2-d309-49ba-be17-f7681281eb0a}</ClientId>
<DisplayName>iPolem</DisplayName>
<Description>iPolem</Description>
<Assembly>iPolem.dll</Assembly>
<LoadOnStartUp>1</LoadOnStartUp>
<UserUnloadable>1</UserUnloadable>
<Hidden>0</Hidden>
<SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>15..</SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>
<DataVersion>1</DataVersion>
<UserInterfaceVersion>1</UserInterfaceVersion>
</Addin>

put this in and it will load.

BUT this is not a Add-in I think!

[TechInventor20]

Thanks I will check if it works. 

Why do you think it is not an addin? 

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Because it is not configured like that in the programming.

Because i only see executable and no programming within the add in!

[TechInventor20]

I think that we put this project beside us. I don't think that we can solve the problem... Many thanks Arthur!

May i help you sometimes in the future!!

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I have it loaded!

But i don't see any buttons etc!