# Plugin development: Cannot open include file vtkSMRepresentationProxy.h
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 14, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153 "2024-03-14T10:26:20Z")
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### Author:  [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/1 "2024-03-14T10:26:20Z")
Hello dear Paraview developers!
I came across such an issue, however, in the paraview.plugin of a correspondent plugin:
```auto
REQUIRES_MODULES
ParaView::pqComponents
ParaView::pqApplicationComponents
ParaView::RemotingViews
```
I am a bit confused
What’s wrong with it? Should not in automatically add the correspondent files from build directory to include\_directories to be searched if I write in down in paraview.plugin?
Best regards
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/2 "2024-03-14T14:30:34Z")
`ParaView::RemotingViews` is indeed the module that should add `paraview/Remoting/Views/` to your include path.
Can you provide more details about the plugin you are trying to build?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/3 "2024-03-14T14:43:43Z")
You are probably missing this in your CMakeLists.txt:
```auto
target_link_libraries(YourPlugin
PRIVATE
ParaView::RemotingViews)
```
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### Author:  [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/4 "2024-03-14T15:12:26Z")
Hello dear Mathieu
Is not it done automatically if I write down that the module is REQUIRED in paraview.plugin file ?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/5 "2024-03-14T15:14:36Z")
Sadly not in certain specific case.
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### Author:  [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/6 "2024-03-14T15:23:50Z")
Could you explain please, why it is so?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/7 "2024-03-14T15:27:57Z")
This is a related to the fact that a paraview plugin, despite being similar, is not a true VTK module.
But I’m sure @ben.boeckel could give you a detailed answer.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plugin-development-cannot-open-include-file-vtksmrepresentationproxy-h/14153/8 "2024-04-01T20:56:15Z")
Answered here: [paraview.plugin? How to include all necessary directories in Paraview? - #3 by ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-plugin-how-to-include-all-necessary-directories-in-paraview/14154/3)