Using Plugins Within A Windows Service App

SDKs Plugins
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Greetings all,

I have a Windows 7 x86 desktop app which I now want to convert to a Windows Service App.

The Windows desktop app uses my own custom plugin as well as Christian’s MBS plugins.

The desktop app works fine with no issues.

When I try and compile the service app, the plugin classes are not being recognised, while the IDE recognises the plugins for autocomplete purposes.

Am I missing something?

Is there a restriction on using plugins in console/service apps?

I’ve check that my classes have the ‘REALconsoleSafe’ flag set.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Grant
(Xojo 2018r4 x64 Win7 x64)
Custom Plugin x86 & x64

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Make sure console flags are set for classes, modules, methods and properties.

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Checked and done. Still no joy.

Christian even your plugins are having the same effect. I tried JSONMBS & MemoryBlockMBS which I would presume are both console safe also are unable to be compiled.

Any further ideas?

Cheers
Grant

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Are you sure you have plugins loaded?

I just created new project based on the Service template.
I added a line “dim j as new JSONMBS” and build it. Works here and I get the app build with MBS plugin in libs folder.

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Christian,

Yes my plugin loads, and as before, there’s no issue with my desktop app.

I’ve also confirmed that there must be something wrong with my plugin connected with console/service apps because when I moved my plugin out of the plugins folder and launched Xojo again, and created a new service app, your MBS plugins worked again.

I’m stumped. Why would my plugin work without issue in a desktop app but not a console/service app?

I wonder if anyone from Xojo can shed some light on this?

Cheers
Grant

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the difference are the flags.

You need to use REALconsoleSafe everywhere.

I even defined REALconsoleUnsafe, so I can make sure it’s either this or that.

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Found the problem.

My custom plugin has a property which is a class from another plugin…Valentina. This particular class must be listed as not console safe because when I removed it from my module inside my plugin, no errors in my windows service app.

What particular circumstances would a class be definitely NOT console safe? I presume it’s anything to do with being GUI related.

I wasn’t using this property yet anyway so no workaround required.

Thanks again Christian for you valuable input.

Cheers
Grant