"This ANSI plugin is not compatible with your Unicode Notepad++." error

[monoblaine]

Issue description

I've tried to run Notepad++ using a a custom-built MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll but I get the following error:

This ANSI plugin is not compatible with your Unicode Notepad++.

MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll is not compatible with the current version of Notepad++.

So far I've tried the following branches:

• master: I cannot even get to build the solution
• 0.8.0 and 0.8.1: The solution successfully builds, the file MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll automatically gets copied into C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\ but I get the error above.

Other info

• I'm using the preview version of VS 2017
• NuGet package restore for HtmlRenderer* packages failed, so I've cloned your fork, built it, and added the output dlls as a reference.

Also, I guess the active solution platform needs to be "Any CPU" because if I choose the other options (either x86 or x64) I get the following error:

MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.il(421393) : warning : Method has no body, 'ret' emitted
MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.il(421398) : warning : Method has no body, 'ret' emitted
MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.il(421407) : warning : Method has no body, 'ret' emitted

Environment

• Notepad++ 7.5.4 (x86)
• MarkdownViewer++ 0.8.x
• Windows 10 (x64)

[monoblaine]

More info

I managed to get it work for the 0.8.1 branch with the following steps:

• It appears I have to use the PDFsharp.1.50.4790-beta5a branch of HTML-Renderer.
• I built HTML-Renderer after I've followed these steps (for all 3 projects):
  • Change the target framework to .NET Framework 4 Client Profile (I'm not really sure if this is really a necessarry step)
  • Make sure active solution configuration is Release and x86
• Add the output dlls of HTML-Renderer as references (The HTML-Renderer packages in packages.config cannot be found in NuGet package repo)
• Add NuGet package Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook to the project
• Change active solution configuration to Debug and x86 (Release mode won't work)
• Build the project

The only problem that remains is that I cannot get it work if I build the project using Release mode. Notepad++ launches with no alert, warning or anything. But the markdown viewer won't show up.

[nea]

Hi @monoblaine

The reason you cannot build it is because I have a custom PDFSharp Version in my personal, local NuGet that wasn't available when I was building it, because I updated some dependencies I required on all ends in HTMLRenderer etc. As soon as PDFSharp is updated, too, I will switch back.

Release build does not work. AnyCPU may not be selected. x86 or x64.

Best

[DimitrijeK]

Hi @nea & @monoblaine,

I recently figure it out so I though it would be good to share how I did it. I used VS2017 and the newest verision of NotePad++. After adding all missing packages and downgrading PdfSharp package to 1.50.4000-beta3b, I was able to succesfully build the solution. Before you build make sure that you have Debug and x86 selected. After building VS2017 will generate .dll file in the bin folder of your project.

After I tried to copy .dll file to plugins folder of NP++ I was getting the following error:

-The ANSI plugin is not compatible with your Unicode Notepad++
-MarkDownViewerPlusPlus.dll is not compatible with the current version of your Notepad++

Then I got around this by installing Plugin Manager for NP++ (PluginManager_v1.4.11_UNI.zip)

-https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

Then I installed MarkDownViewerPlusPlus thru plugin manager, and then copied the .dll file (Debug, x86) from the previous build and replaced the one installed thru plugin manager. After that I was able to open Notepad++ with no errors and MarkDown plugin was working!!!

Thank you for your time!!!!! Hope somebody finds this helpful!

[monoblaine]

Hi @DimitrijeK,

When you build the project, MarkDownViewerPlusPlus.dll is supposed to get automatically copied to the plugins folder of Notepad++. There's actually a build task for that in MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.csproj:

<Copy Condition="Exists('C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\') AND '$(PlatformTarget)'=='x86'" SourceFiles="$(TargetPath)" DestinationFolder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\" ContinueOnError="false" />

That was probably not happening because you didn't have the Plugin Manager installed. Now that you've installed it, things should work that way. (Just make sure you close Notepad++ before you build the project.)

[DimitrijeK]

Hi @monoblaine,

Yeah I know it is supposed to copy the dll file after you build it, but I was at work and the pc I am working won't give me premission to copy files thru that build process, so I just commented out that copy condition. But I get what you are trying to say.

Thank you!