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Cannotloadorreloadaddin
ByAdamNagy(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/adamnagy.html)
Ifyouhaveissueswithloadingorreloadingyouraddinthesemightbethemostlikelyissues.
1)Issueswithloadingtheaddin
Thisisthescenariowhenyouraddinnevergetsloaded.
IsyouraddinfoundbyInventor?
ifyouraddinisnotlistedintheAddInManagerdialogthenInventorcannotevenfindyouraddin.Youshouldcheckthatyouplacedyour*.addinfileintherightfolderandthat
alltheinformationinitiscorrect:http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=20143212(http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=20143212)

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Doesyouraddinhaveauniqueid?
maybeyouraddinwasbasedonanexistingaddinandsoisusingthesameGUIDasanotheronewhichgetsloadedintoInventor.YoucanalwayslistalltheaddinGUIDswhich
arebeingloadedintoInventorandcomparethattoyouraddin'sGUID.

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IsthebitnessofyouraddinthesameasInventor's?
checktheprojectsettingthatit's32bitona32bitOSand64bitona64bitOS.Incaseofa.NETaddintheeasiestistousethe"AnyCPU"setting

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IsyouraddinCOMVisible?
makesurethat"MakeassemblyCOMVisible"settingischecked.Note:donotconfuseitwiththe"RegisterforCOMinterop"settingwhichshouldbeswitchedoffasthatwould
maketheaddinusetheoldregistrationmechanism.

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Stillcannotloadit?
ifyoustillcannotevenstepintothecodeinsidetheActivate()methodthenyoumighthavesomeunresolveddependenciesoryoumighthavesomeissuesinsidetheconstructorofyour
ApplicationAddInServerimplementationormaybesomeglobalvariablesthaterrorout.IfthereareanyissuesbeforereachingtheActivate()methodorinsidethat,youraddinwill
notgetloaded.
2)Issueswithreloadingaddin
Thisisthescenariowhenyoucouldalreadyloadyouraddinsuccessfully,butwithinthesameInventorsession,onceyouunloadedyouraddinyoucouldnotgetitloadedagain.
Areyouremovingthecontrolsyouarecreating?
themostlikelyproblemisthatyouarecreatingsomecontroldefinitionsandUIcomponents,butyoudonotremovetheminsidetheDeactivate()methodwhenyouraddingets
unloaded.Sowhenyoutrytoloadyouraddinagain,sincethosecomponentsalreadyexist,yourcodewillerroroutandtheloadingoftheaddinwillbecancelled.
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vvsaid...

Plshelp.
Ihavesomeproblemwiththisloadandunloadthings.
MyaddinloadandcodeonActivate()methodworksfine,butwhenimovetoaddinsmanagermyaddinisunchecked(unloaded),icanloaditagain(andActivateworksagain),butafter
thisaddinjustunloadedagain.AlsoDeactivate()methoddoesn'ttriggeredinallthissteps.Ijustwantthatmyaddinworksinbackgroundandtriggeredonsrecifiedevents,butthis
unloadthingsisrealyaproblemforaccomplishthis.
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06/28/2016at01:09AM(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/12/cannotloadorreloadaddin.html#comment6a0167607c2431970b01bb0917c38e970d)

AdamNagy(http://profile.typepad.com/1236098880s16462)said...

Hi,
InthatcasesomethinginyourActivatemethodiscausingproblems.Youshoulddebugthroughthatcodetofindtheissue.
Ifyouarestillhavingproblemsafterthatthenyouwouldneedtonarrowdownyourprojecttosomethingthatyoucouldsharewithussowecouldreproducetheproblemonourside,then
logitontheforum.
Cheers,
Adam
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vvsaid...

Hi,Adam.
Thanksforreply.
Oki'mtrysomething,i'mchangemytarget.netfrmwrkfrom3.5to4.5.2.Andinthiscasethiscodegavemeerror.
privateInventor.DocumentEventsClassdrwEvent
onActivate()method
drwEvent.OnNewView+=newIRxDocumentEvents_OnNewViewEventHandler(AddLabelToView)

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Aftericommentthiscodeloadaddinsworkedfine,therewasntunloadedissues.
Butidontknowhowcanigeteventmethodininventorobjectmodeltogeteventondrawingsthattriggeredwhencreatedanewdrawingview.Ionlyfindthis
DocumentEventsClass.OnNewViewbutitsdontwork.
programlanguage:C#
Inventor2014
IDE:MicrosoftVisualStudio2015
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