Plugin does not work

[Jens_Pott]

Hi All,

I have a custom code which works proberly if I use Execute Custom Code in the Pre-Install task. Then I create a plug-in with that code. I'm able to select the new action from the Plugin-Ins panel.
The plug-in is not working in the installer. I got an error in the Installer log.
I tried different class names, but with no luck.

Does anyone know what happens here?

Thanks,
Jens

[RobertDickau]

What do the contents of customcode.properties look like? Does a simpler example (not in the com.zerog.ia.customcode package) work?

[Jens_Pott]

Hi Robert,

I did use a different class name with no luck.
Here is the contents of my customcode.properties.
****
plugin.main.class=com.zerog.ia.customcode.action.CheckPort
plugin.name=HUA Check Port
plugin.type=action
plugin.available=preinstall,install,postinstall
property.HUA_CHECKPORT_PORT=
property.HUA_CHECKPORT_CMD=
****

Thx.
Jens

[RobertDickau]

To simplify, does it work if you remove the package com.zerog.ia.customcode.action; line from the Java code and then recompile, and change the plugin.main.class entry in customcode.properties to just CheckPort?

[Jens_Pott]

I did the changes, but the error is still there.

****
Custom Action: CheckPort
Status: ERROR
Additional Notes: ERROR - class CheckPort unavailable.
****

It still works as Execute Custom Code.

****
Custom Action: CheckPort
Status: SUCCESSFUL
****

Is there something missing?

Thx
Jens

[RobertDickau]

Hmmm... Does your custom plugin name (HUA Check Port) appear correctly in the Advanced Designer when you add the action? What are the contents of your plugin jar file?

[Jens_Pott]

The plugin name appears correctly. The contents of the plugin jar file is simple:
customcode.properties
CheckPort.class
Manifest.mf which is located in the sub folder meta-inf\

The plugin.main.class is currently CheckPort, but this give me the error:
class CheckPort unavailable.

I also did a test by changing the plugin.name to only CheckPort, but the problem is still the same.

Any thoughts?

Thx.
Jens

[purcellk24]

Can you post the code for your plugin and/or maybe the jar file? How about a sample project that can replicate your problem?

Does your plugin depend on a 3rd party library?

[Jens_Pott]

Please find the JAR file attached.
It's a simple test plugin which should check a given TCP port.

A 3rd party library is not required.

Thx,
Jens

[felixmat]

Is this a Virtual machine, I have seen similar issues while running the installer on a VM.

[Jens_Pott]

This is a interesting question! YES I try the installer in a Virtual Machine.
Ok, I will try it on a real Windows Server. Let's see what happens.

Thx,
Jens

[purcellk24]

It didn't work for me at first. I got the same error.

Make sure that in your customcode.properties file there are no trailing spaces or extra characters after the class name.

[Jens_Pott]

After cleaning up the customcode.properties my plugin is running fine.

Many Thanks,
Jens