Add-In-Manager Dialog Box Does Not Show Up

[JC_BL]

I am following a tutorial to learn Revit API.  In order to follow along with the tutorial, I need to use Add-In-Manager.  Unfortunately the Add-In-Manager dialog box (to show a list of add-in DLLs) does NOT show up.

After I have installed the Add-In-Manager and launch Revit, Revit prompts me to confirm that I want to load the AddInManager.DLL file, and I choose "Always Load".  And I can see the three Add-In-Manager commands available under "External Tools" pull down menu.  But when I try any one of the Add-In-Manager command, I see nothing.  There is no dialog box, no error message, no beep.

Yes, I have updated the .addin file to replace [TARGETDIR] with the correct folder location.  I am sure this has nothing to do with the problem.  Otherwise, Revit would not have prompted me to confirm loading the DLL from that folder.

I have tried saving the AddInManager.DLL and its .addin file to either %appdata% folder or %programdata% folder.  But this doesn't make any difference.

I have tried leaving the AddInManager.DLL in the same folder as its .addin file (of course I have updated the .addin file accordingly).  But this doesn't make any difference either.

Meanwhile, the similarly installed Revit-Lookup add-in works fine.

The problem is that I don't see any error message because Revit doesn't have a Command Prompt to show any message.  I have checked Event Viewer in Windows; but I don't see anything related to Add-In-Manager.

I have also checked the version of Add-In-Manage (in its AddInManager.dll.config file), and it matches the version of Revit that I use (2021).

My questions are:

1.  Any suggestion to fix this problem?

2.  Is there a place where Revit stores all the hidden error messages?  I wonder if Add-In-Manager has sent an error message to Standard-I/O and got captured and stayed hidden.

3.  Can I run my add-in (an External Command) without using Add-In-Manager?  Then I can move along with the tutorial.

Please help.  Thanks!

JC_BL

[Julian.Wandzilak]

Might be worth a try:

I am using Add-in manager mostly for simple things - Trace.WriteLine is a blessing. But I have some problems with it from time to time too. 

My understanding is that the add-in manager has a different way of adding add-ins to watch for them. I saw even somewhere online an instruction about it  But my way is, when I don't see the info coming from it, to simply re-add my addons to it.

Simply: 

1.Click

2. Remove, clean, load

3. Choose you add-in and add it to listener again

I hope this helps;)

[ricaun]

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@JC_BL wrote:

1.  Any suggestion to fix this problem?

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Uninstall this AddinManager.dll and install this one:

• https://github.com/chuongmep/RevitAddInManager

Is a more updated version with a proper installer.