Rhino Package Installer problem with compiled plugins

Rhino Developer
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Hi,

I have recently had some plugin users reporting this message when trying to install rhi of a plugin I have compiled. So the installer does not work, however if they unzip the rhp from rhi, it works fine…
I have not seen this before and cannot replicate on my end with the same plugin. Wondering if there is anything I am missing.

Some more info:

  1. still using the old compiler (not the most recently updated), and Rhino 6
  2. my Rhino is V6 SR27 RC
  3. plugin SDK: C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\System\RhinoCommon.dll

Any ideas what is going on? I think the problem happens in Rhino 6, not sure about WIP.

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thanks,

–jarek

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@will, is this something you can help with?

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Hey Jarek,

The old RhinoScriptCompiler references RhinoCommon.dll from the installed Rhino when compiling the plug-in. Given that you’ve installed a release candidate, I think it’s likely that the version of Rhino that you have is newer than the version used by your users.

Have you tried the new RhinoScriptCompiler that’s included with Rhino 7 WIP? It produces compiled plug-ins that are compatible with any version of Rhino 6 and I believe it will work with your existing project. It’s located at “C:\Program Files\Rhino 7 WIP\System\RhinoScriptCompiler.exe”.

Alternatively it looks like there’s an option in the old RhinoScriptCompiler to override the path to RhinoCommon.dll. You could try downloading an older version of RhinoCommon from NuGet – 6.15.19164.21011 would be a safe bet, I think. click “Download Package”, rename the .nupkg to .zip and extract. You could then set the “SDK” option in the “Plugin Data” screen to the 6.15 RhinoCommon.dll.

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Hi Will, thank you for the information - It makes sense, I will try to use Rhino 7 WIP compiler from now on then to compile any new plugins since you say it should work with any Rhino 6 SR.