Loading in CorelDraw2019

[Oliver-GIT]

Dear Mr. Bender,

unfortunately i was unable to load the plugin in CorelDraw2019. The docker window is empty. I followed the installation as instructed.
Is there a common fix for that?

Best regards,
Oliver

[janbender]

Either the plugin does not load because you have a different CorelDraw version. Then maybe try to use an older release. Or sometimes Windows blocks the DLL, then try the following:

Installation:

• Extract zip into C:\Program Files\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8\Programs64\Addons to install the addon.
• Right-click and open "Properties" for each DLL file in the folder. If you see the following text, you have to unblock the file:
  "Security: This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer."
• Activate docker window "Latex" in the menu "Windows".

[Oliver-GIT]

Thank you for the quick response. I did unblock the dlls and tried release 1.0 aswell. Still the docker window is empty. Do you have any other idea what i could try to fix it?

[janbender]

Probably it does not load the DLL since it was build for a different CorelDraw version. Unfortunately, I don't have CorelDraw2019. So if you have Visual Studio you can compile it on your own. Another solution would be my old script. Not so fancy but does the same job:

https://animation.rwth-aachen.de/software/latex-for-corelDraw/

This is based on Visual Basic and can be directly executed.

[chunkeey]

the plugin does not load because you have a different CorelDraw version.

Thank you! I was unsure what would happen with CorelDraw 2024. But I downloaded the test-version for CorelDraw 2024 and I was able to use that in conjunction with Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition to successfully compile the project after editing the paths in the csproj File (literally what you wrote in the README.MD). ... And once the created files were placed in the CorelDraws' Addons-Folder, the extension worked.

So from what I can tell, this all works even with newer CorelDraw or Visual Studio versions (EDIT: As long as you built it with that version).