Betty 2 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Thanks Peter, I have done that and the good news is I now have the plugin showing in effects as follows:- Draw with custom brushes mini..... Editable text.... printer+.... That other app... Upload to...... the bad news is that while the last 4 seem to be fine, the top one doesn't work and just brings up an error message:- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\CustomBrushesMini.dll Effect Name: CustomBrushesMini.CustomBrushesMiniEffect Full error message: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\FileTypes'. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption) at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.GetFiles(String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption) at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.GetFiles() at CustomBrushesMini.Helpers.PdnFileTypeManager.Catalogue() in G:\Documents\WorkingCode\upload\CustomBrushes\Helpers\PdnFileTypes.cs:line 24 at CustomBrushesMini.BrushList..ctor() in G:\Documents\WorkingCode\upload\CustomBrushes\Controls\BrushList.cs:line 47 at CustomBrushesMini.CBDraw.InitializeComponent() in G:\Documents\WorkingCode\upload\CustomBrushes\CBDraw.Designer.cs:line 46 at CustomBrushesMini.CBDraw..ctor() in G:\Documents\WorkingCode\upload\CustomBrushes\CBDraw.cs:line 57 at CustomBrushesMini.CustomBrushesMiniEffect.CreateConfigDialog() in G:\Documents\WorkingCode\upload\CustomBrushes\EffectBinding\EffectPlugin.cs:line 50 at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.RunEffectImpl(Type effectType) in D:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 707 makes no sense to me ,but I'm sure it will to most of you. Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi Betty, Thats a result! as the plugins are showing up, now they are in the right place.. As long as these special effect plugins are in the \Effects folder they should show up and be active within PaintNet. If the CustomBrushesMini.dll is in there, it should show up too, I would have thought. The message you have shown, does mean something to me, but I cant say what the correct action should be... Other than..... you have this line in your error stuff... Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\FileTypes'. If you use Explorer to navigate to the Paint.NET directory, have a look to see if the "FileTypes" folder exists.... It should be there.... just below the Effects folder in the directory structure, and maybe this new plugin needs it................ I expect someone here will be able guide you soon. Peter Quote When nothing short of Divine Intervention can get the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 If the folder is there, have you moved Paint.NET to a different location (e.g. USB key) after installing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 folder is there, and I haven't moved paint.net, wouldn't know how to Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Could you post a screenshot of your Paint.NET folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Hello, I am not sure, but somethings seem strange about the error list..... The paths in the generated statements have three different drives involved.... C:, D: and G:..........I wouldnt have thought that was right..... Anyway, "Screenshots", I dont have lots of useless things in this PC, but have found that this..... http://www.windowclippings.com/ is just sooo useful and dead easy to use. It works alongside PaintNET, you simply run it from the taskbar icon at ANY time you need, then just frame any part of your screen (always resizeable), right click, and send grabbed image directly to paintNET. There are probably lots of these utilities about, but this is tiny and works very well...... Peter Quote When nothing short of Divine Intervention can get the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 hope this what you want Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Run pdnrepair.exe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Hello Betty It shows that the dirctory "FileTypes" is not there..... You could navigate in Explorer To the C:\Program Files\Paint.NET directory.... Click on the Paint.NET directory to highlight it, then right click and select "NEW" and then select "Folder" A new folder will appear and you should name it "FileTypes" Maybe the plugin installation is expecting it to be there..... not sure, but it wont do any harm to create it manually. Close Paint.NET and unzip the plugins you haven't managed to install. Once they are unzipped, ensure the effects plugins are in the Effects folder, and any file types plugins are in the FileTypes folder. as before...... see what happens I guess. Remember, if you want, you can unzip them somewhere else too, and then move them across afterwards... As Simon Brown says, you can run PdnRepair.exe, you will find it the Paint.NET directory... Either use the start button and "Run" this file, or use explorer, navigate to it in the Paint.NET directory....Double click it to run it. Peter Quote When nothing short of Divine Intervention can get the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Just an observation for those who are helping to solve this difficulty. Betty 2's OS seems to have Irfanview set as default program for .dll files. Could this be a factor, or not likely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Mmmm, thats a good call, I wondered what that icon was associated with. Dll's are not normally associated with one particular program.. ? I would have thought that a .dll designed to be used with a running Paint.NET... would work. I cannot say if an installation situation would throw up an error because of it though.. I wouldn't think you should assign the dll to have a single default program opening it, that would affect all others in the system..... Peter Quote When nothing short of Divine Intervention can get the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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