Notepad ++ new system for plugins (Plugins Admin)

[PeterDeKeer]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I really apreciate you to have done this!

I just noticed that there is a new way for plugins to get installed in a official notepad++ update system: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/plugin-admin.html

I would love to see your plugin there!

[databasekevin]

Please, please, please!

[StrayChild01]

I just updated notepad++ to the latest version and even if I install the plugin using the manual method, I can't see the plugin on the menu. This new plugin manager is basically causing the following issue:

https://github.com/TaoK/PoorMansTSqlFormatter/issues/213

If I check the list of plugins on the old version of the Plugin Manager, the plugin is listed, but not shown meaning that the new plugin manager has effectively taken over.

[TaoK]

@StrayChild01 - the manual method needs to be updated based on Notepad++'s new plugin-loading behavior as of 7.6. I'll update the manual instructions on the site.

The correct manual install instructions are:

• If your Notepad++ version is 7.6, then upgrade. This version has an inconsistent (later changed) plugin location.
  • The latest version can be downloaded at https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/
  • Once you have version 7.6.1 or later, continue
• Navigate to %PROGRAMDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\, eg by pressing Win+r, and pasting it in. On my computer, I end up in C:\ProgramData\Notepad++\plugins.
• Create a new folder called "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin" there.
• Unzip the entire contents of the ZIP file (1 DLL + 1 folder containing other DLLs and stuff) into there
  • (or move the "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin.dll" file and "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin" folder from where it would have been in a previous version, at %PROGRAMFILES%\Notepad++\plugins)

-> Now the next time you start Notepad++, you should find the plugin installed and working.

Next, I'll see about getting set up in the new plugin admin.

[StrayChild01]

Hey @TaoK, I followed your instructions and I see the menu plugin now. Thank you very much for you fast response!

I also went to see your site and I see that the new instructions are there \o/

Thanks again!

[TaoK]

The plugin should appear in the new plugin manager (64-bit and 32-bit versions) shortly - as soon as the relevant Pull Request on the plugin list project is accepted: notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList#51

[databasekevin]

@TaoK Still unable to see the menu plugin (or use PoorSQLformatter) even after following directions above. Just to make sure, there is a "new" folder creation called "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin" and inside of that folder is two items:

1. PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin [folder filled with DLL's]
2. PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin.dll

on 64 bit Notepad++ 7.6.3 and downloaded the 64 bit * PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin Zip for reference.

[StrayChild01]

Still unable to see the menu plugin (or use PoorSQLformatter) even after following directions above. Just to make sure, there is a "new" folder creation called "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin" and inside of that folder is two items:

1. PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin [folder filled with DLL's]

2. PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin.dll

on 64 bit Notepad++ 7.6.3 and downloaded the 64 bit * PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin Zip for reference.

Hey, @databasekevin So I updated to the newest version and the plugin dissapeared, I followed these instructions and it worked:

• For Notepad++ 7.6.3 and later, if properly installed via installer, create a new folder called "PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin" in your Notepad++ install folder's "plugins" subfolder, eg "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin", and unzip the entire contents of the ZIP file (1 DLL + 1 folder containing other DLLs and stuff) into this new subfolder. It's almost the same as before 7.6, except now the contents of the ZIP file ned to be in a correctly-named subfolder, not directly in the plugins folder.

  If you've got a "portable" Notepad++ setup, then the old approach (unzip the entire contents of the ZIP file (1 DLL + 1 folder containing other DLLs and stuff) into your Notepad++ install folder's "plugins" subfolder) should still be the right thing.

You might need to use PowerShell as administrator and extract it using Extract-Archive SqlFormatterNppPlugin.x64.1.6.10.b.zip . I did it this way.

[TaoK]

Hi, the latest version of Notepad++, 7.6.4, released today, includes Poor Man's T-Sql formatter in the plugin admin list. Closing.

[StrayChild01]

Thanks! I installed the new version and I can see it there!