Trados is not loading the plugin when rebuilding

Question

I am having trouble debugging plugins when rebuilding with SDL Trados 2011 and Visual Studio 2010.

According to the documentation about Build and Debug suggestions:

http://producthelp.sdl.com/sdk/FileTypeSupport/2.1/#

I used this command to delete previous unpacked version of the plugin and use the latest version:

rmdir /S /Q "C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\10\Plugins\Unpacked\Sdl.Sdk.FileTypeSupport.Samples.Bil"

or I deleted it manually.

After making changes and rebuilding, Trados was not detecting that there is a plug in at all but the plugin itself was at:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\10\Plugins\Packages

and the package was present at:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\10\Plugins\Unpacked\

Any idea why this could be happening?

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hi Delfina, 
 Here is an answer from an SDL development architect; 
 If the Packages folder is created, and contains an sdlplugin file, the cause 
 is most likely a reference to a non-validated Sdl dll. If, for example, you try 
 to do some term lookup in the modified bil sample, and add a reference to 
 Sdl.MultiTerm.TMO.Interop (and actually use it), the plugin won't load, and 
 won't tell you why. The lack of a notification for the developer is unfortunate 
 in that case... The list of valid public API dlls can be found here: 
 C:\Program Files (x86)\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio2\pluginconfig.xml 
 Also keep in mind that you have to delete the "Unpacked" folder every 
 time you rebuild a plugin; Trados Studio will _not_ unpack the new version 
 if there already is an unpacked one. 
 Regards, Ian 
 Ian Davies | Senior Product Manager | SDL | Language Technologies Division | +44 7826843819

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