The Plugin Browser v1.3.1.0 (April 28, 2020)

[toe_head2001 1,572]

1 hour ago, JHBonarius said:

The plugin immediately crashes on start.

Technically, you had to move your mouse over the left-hand ListBox to trigger the crash.

 

Oh wow, that was silly of me. I was using an index in the line just before its bounds check.   Fixed.

Version 1.2.1.2 posted.

[mackenzieh 19]

Every time I click to use the plug in browser, I'm hit with "A newer Plugin Index available. Download?" I click yes, and nothing happens.  The version I'm using is 1.2.1.0 on windows 10 64bit. Is there a newer version?

[toe_head2001 1,572]

4 minutes ago, mackenzieh said:

Is there a newer version?

 

Yes. Download the new version (1.2.1.2) on the first page.

[mackenzieh 19]

I don't see the new version. I see the previous version. 

Edited July 7, 2018 by mackenzieh

[toe_head2001 1,572]

50 minutes ago, mackenzieh said:

I don't see the new version. I see the previous version. 

 

Where do you see the previous version?

[Ego Eram Reputo 2,509]

Perhaps they mean this

 

On 10/10/2016 at 1:24 PM, toe_head2001 said:

The Plugin Browser

by

The Dwarf Horde

 

Version 1.2.1

 

[mackenzieh 19]

33 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

Perhaps they mean this

 

 

Thanks, EER. I have the new version and it works.

[Panchdara 3]

Get a virus detected from Defender - just letting you know. (zip installer)

[toe_head2001 1,572]

29 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

Get a virus detected from Defender - just letting you know. (zip installer) 

 

That's unfortunate. But since there's nothing I can do about it, I don't really care.

People can use the non-installer if they trust Defender more than me. I won't hurt my feelings.

 

Having said that, Defender is not reporting anything here on my end. As of right now, the definition version in Defender is 1.271.665.0.  Please ensure you are up-to-date.

 

VirusTotal also reports it's completely clean.

[qu1ck 1]

Downloading plugin index still doesn't work. Fresh install of latest paint.net, no other plugins. It prompted for download, I clicked yes and nothing happened. No errors, no new plugins in the list aside from built in ones.

Where is the plugin data saved? How can I trigger re download?

I suspect the reason could be because I have Paint.NET installed in program files, which needs admin access for write. If plugin is trying to save index in the effects folder it won't work unless Paint.NET is started with admin rights.

 

Edit: also are older versions available somewhere? Is source open?

Edited July 7, 2018 by qu1ck

[toe_head2001 1,572]

45 minutes ago, qu1ck said:

Fresh install of latest paint.net, no other plugins. It prompted for download, I clicked yes and nothing happened. No errors, no new plugins in the list aside from built in ones.

 

Good. That means it's working correctly.

You should go back to the first page, and re-read what it says.

 

45 minutes ago, qu1ck said:

Edit: also are older versions available somewhere? Is source open?

 

Sorry, we will not be making older versions available. Nor is it open source.

[qu1ck 1]

I see. I guess my expectations were mismatched based on experience with plugin browsers in any other software. It's a shame that this one has such a limited functionality.

Would be great to be able to install plugins directly from the browser.

[Ego Eram Reputo 2,509]

It's free. Use it or don't. If you're going to drop acidic comments like "such a limited functionality" into the conversation I suspect you're better just uninstalling it.

 

You're completely free to write your own Plugin Browser if you like.

[qu1ck 1]

I appreciate the effort you and others have put into it and I didn't mean my comments to be acidic, I apologize if they came out wrong.

But it does lack one of the main features of plugin browsers when compared to other software. Please treat my previous post as a humble request for a feature.

[ArgusMagnus 28]

Unfortunately, the feature you are requesting (and rightly so in my opinion) is forbidden to be included in a PlugIn: 

 

[toe_head2001 1,572]

59 minutes ago, ArgusMagnus said:

Unfortunately, the feature you are requesting (and rightly so in my opinion) is forbidden to be included in a PlugIn: 

 

It's not just the forbidden reason only. (although, that's reason enough)

 

In theory, it would be fairly easy to grope a forum page for the ZIP attachment, download it, unzip it, and copy the DLL file(s) to the Effects folder.

 

It wouldn't be as seamless as you might think though.

Because you're copying into Program Files, you'd have to deal with UAC (most people have it turned on).  So, launching paint.net as Administrator.

And you wouldn't even be able to use the plugins immediately; you'd still need to restart Paint.NET.

 

So, trying to auto installing plugins is not worth it.

[ArgusMagnus 28]

It would certainly be worth it.

The plugin in the developer section I linked to is fully functional (at least it was at the time) and does exactly that (by lauchning a separate process which requests elevated access to install).

 

In fact, the installation process (copying files, restarting Paint.net) is fairly simple, the hard part is to correctly resolve dependencies and conflicts.

Edited July 31, 2018 by ArgusMagnus

[toe_head2001 1,572]

4 minutes ago, ArgusMagnus said:

It would certainly be worth it. 

 

Let me set the record straight.

Would I, personally, want it? Yes.

If you remember, I argued in favor of your plugin.

 

However, it still can't happen, so we are not going to put in the effort to code this functionality. Thus, "not worth it".

[toe_head2001 1,572]

Version 1.3 posted.

 

Effect rending is now done properly; within The Plugin Browser's Render() override.

 

This resolves several longstanding issues:

- Clicking on an effect's OK button prematurely no longer breaks its rendering.

- Rendering progress is now reported in the status bar

- Rendering progress can now be seen on the canvas itself

- "Repeat Effect" (Ctlr-F) now works on The Plugin Browser

[Panchdara 3]

Hi TH... am I getting confused? When I fire up the Browser I get a list of effects in left pane (column). Fine. When I select the Author I see an alphabetical list of effects. When I select Alphabetical I get a list of Authors and NO effects for any of the Authors. See link.

 

http://www.panchdara.com/Images/PDN-Browser.wmv

 

I am confused.

Best

Edited August 23, 2018 by Panchdara

[toe_head2001 1,572]

12 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

When I select the Author I see an alphabetical list of effects. When I select Alphabetical I get a list of Authors and NO effects for any of the Authors.

 

Yup. Looks like those two got mixed up in the most recent version. Much of the code was refactored, so that's how a simple bug like this got introduced.

Thanks for reporting. I'm surprised that went unnoticed for more than two weeks.

I'll post a fixed release in the coming day.

[toe_head2001 1,572]

Version 1.3.0.1 posted.

 

This fixes the issue that @Panchdara reported concerning the mixed up radio buttons (Alphabetical & Author).

[Panchdara 3]

Toe_Head, regardless of what everybody else says about you behind your back,  you are "de man".... thanks muchly.

 

Best

Hugh

 

[Ego Eram Reputo 2,509]

3 hours ago, Panchdara said:

regardless of what everybody else says about you behind your back, 

 

Huh? Toe_head is VERY well respected around here. You've been misinformed.

[Panchdara 3]

20 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

 

Huh? Toe_head is VERY well respected around here. You've been misinformed.

I think you misunderstood how I stated my compliment to Toe_Head. I meant what I wrote in a most respectful and thankful manner -  a tongue-in-cheek way of thanking him for sorting the issue.