Hi Kelly Edward and Alberto Cano,

To fix this issue, you have to add 

<PluginDeploymentPath>$(AppData)\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\16\Plugins</PluginDeploymentPath>

in any of the .csproj's <PropertyGroup> elements.
(Depending on which version of Studio you're using, the path may change, of course)

If you take a look on the AppStore's gitHub, you'll see this for all the plugins.

Hi Emanuel Albu,

I put this Path to upgrade to Trados Studio 2022:

<PluginDeploymentPath>$(AppData)\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\17\Plugins</PluginDeploymentPath>

The path contains 17.

I have tried put it in the end of file inside of a separated  <PropertyGroup> element. Besides I have tried in others elements and the result is the same. I don't know the reason why not detects the path when I build it.

I have seen differents plugins in the GitHub and I think that I put in the correct place and path for Trados 2022...

Hi Emanuel Albu,

I put this Path to upgrade to Trados Studio 2022:

<PluginDeploymentPath>$(AppData)\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\17\Plugins</PluginDeploymentPath>

The path contains 17.

I have tried put it in the end of file inside of a separated  <PropertyGroup> element. Besides I have tried in others elements and the result is the same. I don't know the reason why not detects the path when I build it.

I have seen differents plugins in the GitHub and I think that I put in the correct place and path for Trados 2022...

Alberto Cano

Perhaps it's related to this:

AppData\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins\

Emanuel Albu gave you the path for 2021.  If you want 2022 it's not the same.

Correct. 

It should be

• "$(AppData)\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\16\Plugins" for Studio 2021
• "$(AppData)\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins" for Studio 2022

The same problem...

Alberto Cano

Clearly you are doing something wrong here.  I'm not a developer, but perhaps you should take the advice and review some existing code that works, like this one:

https://github.com/RWS/Sdl-Community/blob/master/DSI%20Viewer/Sdl.Community.SdiViewer/Sdl.Community.DsiViewer.csproj

I put it here as well in case it's easier:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{35B4E386-002D-41BF-8B20-43E758B8250A}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>Sdl.Community.DsiViewer</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>Sdl.Community.DsiViewer</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <XamlDebuggingInformation>True</XamlDebuggingInformation>
    <PluginDeploymentPath>$(AppData)\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins</PluginDeploymentPath>
    <NuGetPackageImportStamp>
    </NuGetPackageImportStamp>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework.Aero" />
    <Reference Include="Sdl.Desktop.IntegrationApi">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.Desktop.IntegrationApi.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.Desktop.IntegrationApi.Extensions">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.Desktop.IntegrationApi.Extensions.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.Desktop.Platform">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.Desktop.Platform.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.Desktop.Platform.Styles">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.Desktop.Platform.Styles.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.Utilities">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.Utilities.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Implementation">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Implementation.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Settings">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Settings.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.TellMe.ProviderApi">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.TellMe.ProviderApi.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.TranslationStudioAutomation.IntegrationApi">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.TranslationStudioAutomation.IntegrationApi.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Sdl.TranslationStudioAutomation.IntegrationApi.Extensions">
      <HintPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Trados\Trados Studio\Studio17\Sdl.TranslationStudioAutomation.IntegrationApi.Extensions.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
    <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xaml" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
    <Reference Include="WindowsFormsIntegration" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Commands\CommandHandler.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Constants.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controls\SortAwareDataGrid.cs" />
    <Compile Include="DsiViewerInitializer.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Model\SdlMtCloudFilterSettings.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Model\TranslationOriginData.cs" />
    <Compile Include="PluginResources.Designer.cs">
      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
      <DependentUpon>PluginResources.resx</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Services\SegmentVisitor.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Service\FilterApplier.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Studio\DisplayFilters\SdlMtCloudDisplayFilter.cs" />
    <Compile Include="TellMe\CommunitySupportAction.cs" />
    <Compile Include="TellMe\DsiViewerTellMeAction.cs" />
    <Compile Include="TellMe\TellMeProvider.cs" />
    <Compile Include="TellMe\HelpAction.cs" />
    <Compile Include="ViewModel\DsiViewerViewModel.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Model\ModelBase.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Properties\PluginProperties.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Model\DsiModel.cs" />
    <Compile Include="DsiViewerController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="View\DsiViewerView.xaml.cs">
      <DependentUpon>DsiViewerView.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Resources\TellMe.ico" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\Global.ico" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\Question.ico" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\ForumIcon.ico" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\error.png" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\information.png" />
    <Resource Include="Resources\warning.png" />
    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\ds.ico" />
    <EmbeddedResource Include="PluginResources.resx">
      <Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
      <LastGenOutput>PluginResources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </EmbeddedResource>
    <Content Include="pluginpackage.manifest.xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="..\..\SdlCommunity.snk">
      <Link>SdlCommunity.snk</Link>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Page Include="Styles\DataGridStyle.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </Page>
    <Page Include="View\DsiViewerView.xaml">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <WCFMetadata Include="Connected Services\" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Sdl.Core.PluginFramework">
      <Version>2.1.0</Version>
    </PackageReference>
    <PackageReference Include="Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.Build">
      <Version>17.0.0</Version>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <CreatePluginPackage>true</CreatePluginPackage>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\SdlCommunity.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
</Project>

Or, share your entire csproj file so someone can look at what you have done.  There are many references here so maybe you missed one and another set of eyes might help.

I tried with other Configuration and AnyCPU using TargetFrameworkVersion v4.8 and the result is the same... I have not more ideas...Could you put me in touch with a Trados developer or similar?

I attached the csproj file.

PangeaMtTranslationProvider.zip

Hi Alberto Cano !

Try to put <PluginDeploymentPath> in its own property group. It should not be in a conditioned one.

Also, please delete this

Hi Emanuel Albu !

I tried it before for this reason I changed in differents places.

I will try again.

It works! What does this import do? Now I'm going to try upgrade install in Trados Studio 2022 and I tell you.

Files with the .targets extension, in general, define the steps in the standard build process, so I can only assume that "Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.Build.targets" is a very old version for building plugins, pertaining to Studio11.

Since then, there have been many changes to the PluginFramework and it is not imported like that anymore, but as a nuget package, Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.Build.