AndrewDavid

Still no help. Perhaps you have some tools installed that I don't. Double clicking on it just takes me to the resource file and highlighting "Resource". Error still exists I'm officially stuck

Well the debugging is going well. First of all this is the error message from paint I also see a problem related to icons. The project is looking for the .png files I think. In what folder should they be placed? Is there a naming convention I have to follow? If that's the case or do I need to do something else. When I debug it stops at line 18 in EffectPlugin.cs 18 public static Bitmap StaticIcon => Resources.cficon; Baby steps. You did not answer my questions about GitHub. Or do I have to get all the bugs worked out?

The little blue icons have appeared. They look like locks. I just figured it out. Source Control was set to GIT. Changed it to none and the locks disappear. VBE = Visual Basic Environment (Visual Studio 2019 Preview)

OK now I'm lost. I did my part on GitHub, Cloned it to a new GitHub folder on my machine and I see everything is locked (Safety is paramount). I synced in my VBE and still see everything is locked. Is his my doing or yours @toe_head2001? On GitHub I see Release and Publish. Do I click on those? What are the next steps? I tried to debug but the dll file is too small (9kb) to be correct. At the end of debug it asked me to link it to a executable and make it the startup app. When I try to edit project file I don't get that screen. (Locked out I assume). So what am I missing?

@Rick Brewster I took a whole new approach to building the plugin this time and it worked a lot better. Sort of built it from square one. It is posted to GitHub now. My Username is AndrewDavid007 / CustomFrame. Some of the errors I was able to fix, but the ones remaining are beyond my knowledge. I also think you might be interested in seeing the items that are referenced in 4.3 Libraries that are not in 5.0. Should be quick easy fixes for you. Anything else I can do, let me know.

Oh Yes. Everything in that list is installed. I did manage to change all the references to 4.3. It generated some simple errors intelligence was able to correct. However there are now too many errors for me to debug. I appreciate the fact the plugin was built on earlier versions of the assemblies and they have been depreciated. That's where a professional is needed to modify the syntax to current language formats. Back to the C# tutorials. My first line reads Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop. If I change it to net5.0-windows the project file won't load and I get all kinds of errors. I was changing it in the wrong place. <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework> is where I changed it. I am getting practice though and I will get better over time (I Hope). Perhaps I picked a plugin that was too old. Thanks for the help. Get some sleep

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop"> is what it says OK I changed it to "net5.0-windows" and it didn't like it very much. Now I get this Now to find that json file...

I had to link the DLL to them to get it to decompile. My VB2019 will only see 4.8 even though I have Net5.0 installed. And that's when the project fills with errors. And that's why I'm stuck Thanks for looking @toe_head2001

@Simon Brown I have been able to decompile and import into VB 2019 one of your failing plugins. CustomFrame.dll. No errors show in any of the files and all references have been linked. I have 2 problems. When I debug, it generates an error message that I can't fix or understand. It sounds like a known issue with no solution. The dll does compile, but will not load into the beta version of Paint.Net 4.300.7906.2652 I was able to rebuild one dll with success (just to learn the process), however I am stuck on this one. Any help would be appreciated. Think of it as a learning curve for me. I would think this procedure could be applied to all the failed plugins that the Authors have abandoned. "ZIP Removed" Seems we have more programmers than artists lately. Any help would be appreciated.

@Rick Brewster It is frustrating when trying to learn new things. I have the same issue with VB2019. Things that should work don't. I have seen it all my life (HA HA) I've always had a IT Guru point me in the right direction. Now that I'm retired, no IT Guru's to look over my shoulder and tell me what I am doing wrong. Low end machine filled with software from various sources could be the root cause. Just posted my first comment on GitHub. Lets see how that goes. "Building failed by Error CS8034: Unable to load Analyzer assembly #82" An issue that has been unresolved for a number of years. A little off topic but it could be related.

After updating to dotnet 5.0.9 it now works. It let me import a single page PDF file correctly. It even shows in my recently opened files (but as a PDF) I tried to open it without selecting the filetype but it failed. After restarting Paint.Net the filetype fails to load again. Restarted Paint.Net again and it loads. It's a mystery of Windows

@Rick Brewster Once I opened Paint, I opened GMic. Hence the bigger file size. pdn (2).zip

@Rick Brewster One filetype fails to load

@Rick Brewster Circular Text will not save either. Same error as Graph Paper. Color Matrix as well

@Rick Brewster Graph Paper will not save. It doesn't crash though

@Rick Brewster Installing through the update feature within the app worked. Downloading the installer is what generated the previous message. Shape3D will not load saved files. Results in a crash. Back to the drawing board?

Edit by Rick: Fixed. See comment below!

I see now what was wrong. I had version 1.0 loaded that was probably one of his unfinished plugins.

Click on dropdown menu to see crash. This is the one written by XOD Your BBOutlineGradientText is fine. It has no drop down menu.

ImPS,EPS,AI.Open.Filetype.dll Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu' from assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=5.0.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. at OptionBasedFileTypes.OpenFileType.OnLoad(Stream input) at PaintDotNet.FileType.Load(Stream input) in D:\src\pdn\src\Data\FileType.cs:line 501 at PaintDotNet.Functional.Func.Eval[T1,TRet](Func`2 f, T1 arg1) in D:\src\pdn\src\Base\Functional\Func.cs:line 158 @Martin Osieka Can you help? At least they don't crash the app.

@Rick Brewster I don't have all the filetype formats to test. I do have about 20 installed. Here's the first one that crashed. I won't update the first page until I go through them all. @Martin Osieka Can you help? ImPDF.Open.Filetype.dll Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu' from assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=5.0.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. at OptionBasedFileTypes.OpenFileType.OnLoad(Stream input) at PaintDotNet.FileType.Load(Stream input) in D:\src\pdn\src\Data\FileType.cs:line 501 at PaintDotNet.Functional.Func.Eval[T1,TRet](Func`2 f, T1 arg1) in D:\src\pdn\src\Base\Functional\Func.cs:line 158 In the words of KHAN "You task ME" 😄

OutlineGradientText.zip

@AlexDolmatov, @Rick Brewster I've looked at over 600 plugins and estimate that there will be 7-8 plugins that wont be fixed. I'm sure notes will be posted to their respective threads about incompatibility just as there are for plugins that don't work in Paint.Net beyond 3.5.

This was the issue. No crashes now. effect will be removed from the list. My Bad. I had removed all plugins that I had checked including that file.

@gsuberland Some of your effects are failing in the new update. Are you able to bring your plugin up to date? Here are a few crash reports. Hope you can help