Known Issue: Third-Party Plug-in Incompatibility in FME 2022+ with Plug-ins Compiled in FME 2021 or Older

Issue

A message similar to the following will appear in the log when FME 2022.0 attempts to load a C++ plug-in compiled with FME 2021 or older:

FME API version of module 'PLUGIN’ is '3.8 20200115', and it is incompatible with FME internal API version '4.0 20220317'

where 'PLUGIN' is the name of the third-party plugin (eg. gti/GTI_GTViewer)

Cause

The C++ APIs for developers have undergone some changes for FME 2022.0 and newer. Reader/Writer and Transformer plug-ins written in C++ will need to be recompiled with FME 2022 in order to be compatible with FME 2022 and newer. 

Resolution

If you encounter this issue, please contact the developer of the third-party plug-in to obtain an updated version of the plug-in, compiled with the FME 2022.0 or newer.