Addin menu options are disabled after creating my own add-in

Question

I did everything as the tutorialCREATE YOUR FIRST C# ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT ADD-IN IN 10 MINUTES, but after registry, I just can't click my addin, the button is grey.

I tried to use EA installation Inspector, but everything is just fine.

I am wondering if there is a chance that because my EA version is trial? Waiting for your help, thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks Geert for pointing in the right direction, the issue you face happens because of the multiple plugins interacting with each other during the booting up of EA. To resolve the "greying out" of your Addin you must replace this part of your code (for all your plugins):

    public object EA_GetMenuItems(EA.Repository Repository, string Location, string MenuName)
    {
            switch (MenuName)
            {
                // defines the top level menu option
                case "":
                    return menuHeader;
                // defines the submenu options
                case menuHeader:
                    string[] subMenus = { menuHello, menuGoodbye};
                    return subMenus;
            }
        return "";
    }

with these following lines (for all your plugins respectively),

for MyFirstAddin,

    public object EA_GetMenuItems(EA.Repository Repository, string Location, string MenuName)
    {
            switch (MenuName)
            {
                // defines the top level menu option
                case "":
                    return "-&MyFirstAddin";
                // defines the submenu options
                case "-&MyFirstAddin":
                    string[] subMenus = { menuHello, menuGoodbye};
                    return subMenus;
            }
        return "";
    }

for TypeInfo

    public object EA_GetMenuItems(EA.Repository Repository, string Location, string MenuName)
    {
            switch (MenuName)
            {
                // defines the top level menu option
                case "":
                    return "-&TypeInfo";
                // defines the submenu options
                case "-&TypeInfo":
                    string[] subMenus = { menuHello, menuGoodbye};
                    return subMenus;
            }
        return "";
    }

for MyDemoAdd-in

    public object EA_GetMenuItems(EA.Repository Repository, string Location, string MenuName)
    {
            switch (MenuName)
            {
                // defines the top level menu option
                case "":
                    return "-&MyDemoAdd-in";
                // defines the submenu options
                case "-&MyDemoAdd-in":
                    string[] subMenus = { menuHello, menuGoodbye};
                    return subMenus;
            }
        return "";
    }