Installing ZXP in CC 2018 MAC

[selvakkanit19061983]

Dear Friends,

    I want to create a CC 2018 plugin With User interface in Mac OS  1013.1.

    I developed the User Interface Using HTML5 and jsp.

    I downloaded the CC Extension Manager from this link https://www.adobe.com/exchange/em_download/ and Installed.

    I try to install my extension(ZXP) using CC Extension Manager.

    The Extension is not installed.

    The Extension Manager shows an Error Message.please see the below Image.

    Please see the my manifest.xml file below

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ExtensionManifest Version="5.0" ExtensionBundleId="com.example.SampleUI" ExtensionBundleVersion="1.0.0"

  ExtensionBundleName="SampleUI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <ExtensionList>

  <Extension Id="com.example.SampleUI.extension1" Version="1.0" />

  </ExtensionList>

  <ExecutionEnvironment>

  <HostList>

  <Host Name="ILST" Version="22" />

  </HostList>

  <LocaleList>

  <Locale Code="All" />

  </LocaleList>

  <RequiredRuntimeList>

  <RequiredRuntime Name="CSXS" Version="5.0" />

  </RequiredRuntimeList>

  </ExecutionEnvironment>

  <DispatchInfoList>

  <Extension Id="com.example.SampleUI.extension1">

  <DispatchInfo >

  <Resources>

  <MainPath>./index.html</MainPath>

  <ScriptPath>./SampleUI.jsx</ScriptPath>

  </Resources>

  <Lifecycle>

  <AutoVisible>true</AutoVisible>

  </Lifecycle>

  <UI>

  <Type>Panel</Type>

  <Menu>SampleUI</Menu>

  <Geometry>

  <Size>

  <Height>200</Height>

  <Width>200</Width>

  </Size>

  </Geometry>

  </UI>

  </DispatchInfo>

  </Extension>

  </DispatchInfoList>

</ExtensionManifest>

For Windows Machine I copied the ExmanCmd files to ExtensionManager path.Is it Necessary do the Same in Mac machine.If it is necessary then please give the download link for ExmanCmadMac and Which location in my Mac Machine it is to be Copied.

Please give me your Suggestion to solve this problem.

Thank you friends,

Selvakkani

[LeoTaro]

Extension manager only supports up to Illustrator CC 2014:

Adobe Exchange

You can download the command line tools from here:

Adobe Exchange

But I don't think these work reliably with any version after Illustrator CC 2015.

[selvakkanit19061983]

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your immediate reply

  I have seen the polota's Answer in this Thread Adobe Extension manager not working on CC2017

Then I followed the steps given by polota,In Windowns  Machine with illustrator CC 2018 it works fine for me.

In this thread polota not included ExManCmdMac Tools  download Path and The Path in which the ExManCmdMac Tools to be Copied.

I downloaded ExmanCmd Mac Tools From the link https://www.adobeexchange.com/resources/28 which one was given by you.And I copied the ExmanCmdMac Tools to the Location /Applications/Adobe Extension Manager CC path.And Try to install My extension.It shows the Same message as I said earlier.

Then I try to Install the ZXP using the method as You said

1)Open Terminal

2)cd /Applications/Adobe Extension Manager CC/Adobe Extension Manager CC.app/Contents/MacOS/ExManCmd

3) --install /Users/username/Documents/workspace/SampleUI/SampleUI.ZXP

It shows the Error like -bash: --install: command not found.

I also try with the change in step(2) path like The Following

Try 1:

cd /Applications/Adobe Extension Manager CC/Contents/MacOS/ExManCmd (because I downloaded and copied the ExmanCmdMac tools and copied in to the location  /Applications/Adobe Extension Manager CC)

It shows the Error like -bash: --install: command not found.

Try 2:

2)cd /Applications/Adobe Extension Manager CC/Adobe Extension Manager CC.app/Contents/MacOS

3) ./ExManCmd --install /Users/username/Documents/workspace/SampleUI/SampleUI.ZXP

It shows the Error like -bash: ./ExManCmd No such file or directory.

Please give  your suggestion to solve this problem

Thank You Friend,

Selvakkani

[LeoTaro]

Extension Manager does not support any Illustrator version after CC 2014. You may be able to get it to work with later versions on your machine, but from personal experience you will have lots of problems getting it to work on users machines. Also, the last time I checked, developers are not allowed to distribute the exman command line tools, so your users would have to download and install them themselves.

If you just want to install your plugin on your own machines you can probably get away with using Extension Manager. If you to distribute your plugin to end users, then the only realistic options are distribute via Adobe Exchange or write your own installer.