my first thought is windows creates 'shadow' directories. and that the plugins are being moved/referenced from there when the program runs - which breaks the expected path 4D is using to try to access the plugins. I would consider this idea to more likely if the same database works on a Mac
Chip > This is an old database v12 that I am trying to upgrade to v16 and > later. I had upgraded it to v14 on a Mac, but when I moved it to > Windows Server 2008 I got the dll error that started this thread and > as noted that foundation’s Extras plugin was throwing a license or > privilege error. > > Walt... it is Foundation 3. I would upgrade it but do not have the > luxury of time in this particular case to go that route at the moment. > > I Decided to move on to v16 and see what happens, Lo and behold, the > dll error went away, but the Extras plugin continued throw errors and > I have since realized that this was the case for all the plugins in > the plugin folder. The plugins are in fact being loaded as they are > recognized (tokenized) in the design environment. The error is thrown > when any plugin command is called. > > I do have a working built application (v12) with the same plugins > installed and they work fine there. I copied the plugins from the > built application on the same windows machine to my upgraded version > with the same result. > > Being that 4D does recognize the plugin commands, I think this has > something to do with the OS security settings for the plugins folder > and it’s contents. Currently System, Administrators and Users all > have Full control are set for the Plugins folder and all of it’s > content.. > > Any ideas? > > All my windows work is being done in VirtualBox VMs. > > Thanks, > > John > >> On Mar 28, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Walt Nelson <walt.nel...@gmail.com >> <mailto:walt.nel...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> John, >> >> Which version of Foundation Shell are you using? >> >> Foundation 5 or later does not require Foundation Extras.bundle anymore. >> >> Thanks, >> Walt >> >> >>> On Mar 28, 2020, at 2:39 AM, JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech >>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com <mailto:4d_tech@lists.4d.com>> wrote: >>> >>> If I click ok to the error window, database startup, but the >>> constants in the Foundation Extras.bundle in the Plugins folder >>> throws a “License or privilege” error (-9949). Do not know if the >>> 2 are related. >>> > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ------------ Hell is other people Jean-Paul Sartre ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
