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Versionless Plugin?

Post by deepdiver » 23 Feb 2022 17:52

I recently ran the plugin named Check Installed Plugins Against the Store (which itself was ver.3.1) and was surprised that one of my installed plugins, called Keyword Update, was returned with a Status of F. No Version.

Please would you let me know if it is one I should no longer be using, or whether it is OK and perhaps not actually subject to being updated? I actually found it very helpful a short while ago, and was grateful to the author for creating it, as it solved a problem I had with my data after updating to FH version 7 from 6.

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Re: Versionless Plugin?

Post by Mark1834 » 23 Feb 2022 17:59

If you check in the Plugin Store, you will see that it is still a live plugin that has been updated only recently. It's worth downloading the latest version manually, but I'm not sure why the Check Installed Plugins plugin didn't find the current version.
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Re: Versionless Plugin?

Post by tatewise » 23 Feb 2022 18:04

There is a published Keyword Update plugin in the Plugin Store at V1.5 designed to work in FH V5, V6 & V7.

In Tools > Plugins... if you select that Keyword Update plugin what Version: number and Last updated: date does it display?

When I run Check Installed Plugins Against the Store it also says No Version.

It is caused by no space between Version: and the number in the Keyword Update plugin.
i.e. Version:1.5 is wrong ~ Version: 1.5 is correct!

Or you could say it is a bug in the Check Installed Plugins Against the Store plugin.
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Re: Versionless Plugin?

Post by deepdiver » 23 Feb 2022 18:18

Thanks to both Mark and Mike.

I looked it up under my Tools >Plugins menu as suggested and indeed it is Version: 1.5

The Last Updated also shows with a 'no space' config for the date, which is shown as 08Feb2021
Other plugins seem to have spaced dates, like 03 Dec 2020 and so on.
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