{"id":48,"date":"2015-09-12T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T14:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/einhugur.com\/blog\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2015-09-12T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T15:05:14","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-error-troubleshooting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/frequently-asked-questions\/frequently-asked-questions-error-troubleshooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently asked questions &#8211; Error troubleshooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Why do I get lot of &#8220;Unknown type&#8221; or &#8220;Invalid Plugin Method \u00a0Format&#8221; errors when I launch Xojo\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #383838;\">The most common cause for this is that the user has <\/span><span style=\"color: #383838;\">forgotten to Install TypeLib. TypeLib defines types such as <\/span><span style=\"color: #383838;\">Rect and Point for example that other Einhugur plugins <\/span><span style=\"color: #383838;\">internally use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #383838;\">Other reasons can be one of the following:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #383838;\">1. You dont have the latest version of the TypeLib.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #383838;\">2. The * or the # has been removed from the name of the <\/span><span style=\"color: #383838;\">TypeLib. That may not be done, the * or the # are to make <\/span><span style=\"color: #383838;\">sure the TypeLib loads before other plugins.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #383838;\">3. Some plugins internally use CoreClasses, so you may need <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #383838;\">to install the CoreClasses plugin.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #383838;\">4. Other non Einhugur related issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>After installing plugins then I get errors when compiling most or all\u00a0projects. What can be the reason?<\/h5>\n<p>We have had quite a lot of cases where users have put all the files that come with the plugins into the Plugin Directory, both files and directories which could cause problems like this.<\/p>\n<p>The correct installation of Plugins is to put only the .xojo_plugin files into the Plugin \u00a0directory and no additional files or directories should ever be placed in the Xojo\u00a0Plugin directory.<\/p>\n<h5>When I try to compile the example projects then I get errors similar to this:<\/h5>\n<h5><em>An error has occuured while compiling this project<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Message: This name is already in use.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>The most common reason for this error is if you have installed two<br \/>\ninstances or more of the same plugin. You are not supposed to have for example both TreeView.xojo_plugin\u00a0and TreeView.rbx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do I get lot of &#8220;Unknown type&#8221; or &#8220;Invalid Plugin Method \u00a0Format&#8221; errors when I launch Xojo\u00a0? The most common cause for this is that the user has forgotten to Install TypeLib. TypeLib defines types such as Rect and Point for example that other Einhugur plugins internally use. Other reasons can be one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/frequently-asked-questions\/frequently-asked-questions-error-troubleshooting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frequently asked questions &#8211; Error troubleshooting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd75nk-M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55,"url":"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/frequently-asked-questions\/frequently-asked-questions-installation\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":0},"title":"Frequently asked questions - Installation","date":"September 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After installing plugins I get errors what can I do? 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