Sample C++ addin (SimpleAddinCpp) will not successfully register ... and an older addin will not load (Inventor 2022)

[PeteRimkus]

Hello,

We have found that an addin that we developed years ago is failing to be listed in the Tools/Addins dialog of Inventor 2022. It was loading fine in I2021.

I'm guessing something changed somewhere in I2022, so I went and built the SimpleAddin sample under C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2022\SDK\DeveloperTools\Samples\VC++ .

That builds successfully, but I cannot register it using Regsvr32 with Admin privileges. I get an error "The module "blah blah blah.dll" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070715."

It too, therefore, never shows up in the Tools/Addins dialog either.

Thoughts? Hints?

Thanks in advance

Pete

[JelteDeJong]

In inventor 2022 some things have been changed for "Registry-based Add-ins". You might want to have a look at this post: "Retire Registry-based Add-ins in Inventor 2022"

[PeteRimkus]

I think that might be exactly what I need. Thanks! I will try that today (if time allows) and report back.

Thanks again.

Pete

[PeteRimkus]

Thanks again ... almost there!

Making the changes described in the docs you pointed out does get my Addin to successfully show up in the Addins dialog:

... but it is not available in the "Add-Ins" ribbon like my old registry-based one was...

Has something else changed?

Thanks in advance

Pete

[PeteRimkus · Accepted solution]

It looks like a reboot cleared it up ... it's now appearing in the Addins ribbon.

Thanks.