UTF-8 Plugin not working

[luantiang]

Hello all,

I have just signed up for Corona SDK Build 2016.2906, running the simulator on MS-Windows 7. I have, at the same time, went to “activate” the UTF-8 plugins and copied the sample code in the UTF8 documentation on Corona website, in my “Hello World” testing, and the settings required of UTF-8 in “build.settings”.

However, on the simulator output (on MS-Win7), I got the following errors (please see below).

Questions:

(1) What did I miss? What else are needed?

(2) Where can one find these “plugin_utf8.lua”, “plugin_utf8.dll” and “loadall.dll”?

Thank you!

Regards, Luan

ERROR message from Simulator Output (on MS-Win7)

==========================================

Loading project from:   D:\Codes\Sample 01\Sample03

14:18:11.989  ERROR: Runtime error

14:18:11.989  module ‘plugin_utf8’ not found:

14:18:11.989   no field package.preload[‘plugin_utf8’]

14:18:11.989   no file ‘D:\Codes\Sample 01\Sample03\plugin_utf8.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin_utf8.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘.\plugin_utf8.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\lua\plugin_utf8.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\lua\plugin_utf8\init.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin_utf8.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin_utf8\init.lua’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘.\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘.\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\loadall.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘.\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘.\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin_utf8.dll’

14:18:11.989   no file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\loadall.dll’

14:18:11.989  stack traceback:

14:18:11.989   [C]: in function ‘require’

14:18:11.989   ?: in function ‘require’

14:18:11.989   D:\Codes\Sample 01\Sample03\main.lua:38: in main chunk

14:19:10.431  Failed to copy file:

14:19:10.431     plugin_utf8.dll

14:19:10.431  

14:19:10.431  To destination directory:

14:19:10.431     D:\Codes\Sample 01\Sample03.Win32

[rob]

Welcome to the forums!

Can you post your build.settings file please?

Thanks

Rob

[ariescyrusdee.asio]

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

HOPE THIS WILL BE FIXED.

I USED CORONA SDK  Version 2014.2478 (2014.10.25)

THANK IN ADVANCE.

[luantiang]

Hello Rob,

Below is the build.settings file. Note at the end of the plugins section. 

Thanks!

Regards, Luan

Copy and paste of build.settings below

=============================

–

– For more information on build.settings see the Corona SDK Build Guide at:

– https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/distribution/buildSettings

–

settings =

{

orientation =

{

– Supported values for orientation:

– portrait, portraitUpsideDown, landscapeLeft, landscapeRight

default = “portrait”,

supported = { “portrait”, },

},

excludeFiles =

{

– Include only the necessary icon files on each platform

iphone = { “Icon-*dpi.png”, },

android = { “Icon.png”, “Icon-Small-*.png”, “Icon*@2x.png”, },

},

–

– iOS Section

–

iphone =

{

plist =

{

UIStatusBarHidden = false,

UIPrerenderedIcon = true, – set to false for “shine” overlay

–UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend = true, – uncomment to quit app on suspend

CFBundleIconFiles =

{

“Icon.png”,

“Icon@2x.png”,

“Icon-167.png”,

“Icon-60.png”,

“Icon-60@2x.png”,

“Icon-60@3x.png”,

“Icon-72.png”,

“Icon-72@2x.png”,

“Icon-76.png”,

“Icon-76@2x.png”,

“Icon-Small.png”,

“Icon-Small@2x.png”,

“Icon-Small@3x.png”,

“Icon-Small-40.png”,

“Icon-Small-40@2x.png”,

“Icon-Small-50.png”,

“Icon-Small-50@2x.png”,

},

},

},

–

– Android Section

–

android =

{

usesPermissions =

{

“android.permission.INTERNET”,

},

},

–

– Plugins Section

–

plugins =

    {

        [“plugin.utf8”] =

        {

            publisherId = “com.coronalabs”

        },

[“plugin.texttospeech”] = 

{

publisherId = “com.spiralcodestudio”

},

    },     

}

[rob]

First, unformatted code is very hard to read. I can’t really tell if all of your curly braces are lining up correctly. In the future please use the blue <> button in the bar with Bold and Italics and paste code in there. Also if you’re build settings isn’t indented well, it will be hard for you to maintain it going forward.

It looks like you have it in build.settings correctly. Did you type it in or copy/paste it?

@luantiang, since your on Windows and @ariescyrusdee.asio you are on a Mac, there may be some system differences.

In both cases, make sure you have the plugin activated here: https://marketplace.coronalabs.com/plugin/utf-8

@ariescyrusdee.asio, are you trying to build for the Xcode Simulator? I would also like to see your build.settings to rule that out.

Also can you both also post the code where you’re requiring the module?

Thanks

Rob

[luantiang]

Hello Rob,

Taken note on the formatting on the forum. Would keep this in mind. I have earlier copied from my build.settings into the forum, and the formatting was out of place.

However, the code in build settings was formatted correctly (I am using Notepad++ as my editor). The codes are copied from the respective Corona Marketplace redirected Corona Docs on the web.

The UTF-8 plugin has been activated on the Marketplace. I just confirmed it one more time.

I am retrying it and will post further updates.

Thank you again.

Regards, Luan

[rob]

One other thing to test. We’ve seen some people have different logins with different email addresses. If the simulator isn’t logged into the same account as you are on the marketplace, the plugin would be activated on the wrong email address.

Rob

[luantiang]

Hello Rob,

I did a few re-installs and re-runs. I found out that somehow, the “plugin_utf8.dll” was ‘captured’ as PUA (**Potentially Unwanted Application) **by the anti-virus software on my Windows PC, and it is removed (or ‘quarantined’) automatically by the anti-virus software.

After spending sometimes on the configuration of the anti-virus software, I managed to let the anti-virus treat this “plugin_utf8.dll” as an exception. The error messages upon running the Corona Simulator (enclosed first message in this thread) no longer appears, and the “plugin_utf8.dll” is no longer removed automatically. Now, I can proceed to test my code.

Please help to consider this “UTF-8 plugin installation problem” as close.

Once again. Thank you.

Regards, Luan

PS> By the way, just for the benefits of others who may encounter this, I am running Comodo Internet Security v8.1.0 on MS-Windows7, which has the anti-virus component iin the software.

[nick_sherman]

That’s not good if end users also have the same anti-virus software…

[rob]

End users would only be affected with Win32 desktop apps. It wouldn’t impact Android builds. I’ll run this buy Engineering. Odd indeed.

Thanks for the report.

Rob

[v.kamelin]

I activate plugin utf8 in Marketplace, but still getting error:

18:36:11.189&nbsp; module 'plugin\_utf8' not found: 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no field package.preload['plugin\_utf8'] 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Users\Vital\AppData\Roaming\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Plugins\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Users\Vital\Desktop\business-app-sample-master\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file '.\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\lua\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\lua\plugin\_utf8\init.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin\_utf8.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin\_utf8\init.lua' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Users\Vital\AppData\Roaming\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Plugins\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file '.\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file '.\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\loadall.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Users\Vital\AppData\Roaming\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Plugins\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file '.\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Resources\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file '.\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\plugin\_utf8.dll' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\loadall.dll' 18:36:11.189&nbsp; stack traceback: 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;[C]: in function 'error' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;?: in function 'gotoScene' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;C:\Users\Vital\Desktop\business-app-sample-master\main.lua:157: in function '\_onRelease' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;?: in function '?' 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;?: in function \<?:1381\> 18:36:11.189 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;?: in function \<?:169\>

[rob]

Can you post your build settings?

Also what version of Corona SDK are you using?

Rob