Missing .lib files in the Maya 2016 developer kit?

[Warhorse]

Hello there,

I have downloaded the Maya 2016 developer kit, but the most of .lib files present in the previous SDKs (2014, 2015) are missing (e.g.OpenMayaUI.lib, required by our export plugin). Is that intentional? Looks like a bug to me.

Regards,

Tomas

[haggi_master · Accepted solution]

The lib files are not part of the extra downloadable SDK. They are located in the maya default installation "lib" directory. The sdk only contains includes.

[Warhorse]

You are right, thank you!

Btw, the "devkit" and "include" dirs in the Maya2016 dir contain just a text file about the devkit on the web, but the "lib" dir is still populated as it used to be. What is the point? Is it possible to use the dev kit without any .lib file? Could .lib files be used within the Maya dir without the dev kit downloaded?

[alexis_p]

I've tried editing a previous project (which was compiling fine for 2015) to link with Maya2016 lib/includes but fails every time. I though the MayaPluginWizard could help me identify the differences but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone knows where is it  ? 

Thx a lot

[haggi_master]

devkit.zip->devkitbase->devkit->pluginWizard

I had no problems compiling my plugins, do you have details what's not working?

[alexis_p]

Thx for the quick reply, but unless I am losing my mind, there is no pluginwizard in this archive 😕

Otherwise my compilation errors are about calls to fileapi (CreateFile, GetFileSize...) which are working fine when linked against Maya2015 lib and includes, but generates the following errors when linked against Maya2016 lib and includes:

Error 8 error C3861: 'GetFileSize': identifier not found
Error 9 error C2039: 'ReadFile' : is not a member of '`global namespace'' 
Error 11 error C2039: 'CloseHandle' : is not a member of '`global namespace'' 
Error 14 error C2039: 'CreateFile' : is not a member of '`global namespace'' 

Thx a lot.

[alexis_p]

Here the full command I'm using for 2015 and 2016:

Build

/GS /W3 /Gy /Zc:wchar_t /I"." /I"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\include" /Zi /Gm- /O2 /Ob1 /Fd"Release2016\BakeProject.pdb" /fp:precise /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "NT_PLUGIN" /D "_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBUGGING=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL_THROWS=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL_DEPRECATE=0" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /D "TBB_USE_DEBUG=0" /D "__TBB_LIB_NAME=tbb.lib" /D "REQUIRE_IOSTREAM" /D "AW_NEW_IOSTREAMS" /D "Bits64_" /D "_WINDLL" /errorReport:prompt /GF /WX- /Zc:forScope /GR /Gd /MD /Fa"Release2016\" /EHsc /nologo /Fo"Release2016\" /Fp"Release2016\meshBake.pch" 

/GS /W3 /Gy /Zc:wchar_t /I"." /I"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2015\include" /Zi /Gm- /O2 /Ob1 /Fd"Release2015\BakeProject.pdb" /fp:precise /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "NT_PLUGIN" /D "_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBUGGING=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL_THROWS=0" /D "_SECURE_SCL_DEPRECATE=0" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /D "TBB_USE_DEBUG=0" /D "__TBB_LIB_NAME=tbb.lib" /D "REQUIRE_IOSTREAM" /D "AW_NEW_IOSTREAMS" /D "Bits64_" /D "_WINDLL" /errorReport:prompt /GF /WX- /Zc:forScope /GR /Gd /MD /Fa"Release2015\" /EHsc /nologo /Fo"Release2015\" /Fp"Release2015\meshBake.pch" 

Link

/OUT:"Release2016\meshBake.mll" /MANIFEST /NXCOMPAT /PDB:"Release2016\meshBake.pdb" /DYNAMICBASE:NO "Foundation.lib" "OpenMaya.lib" "OpenMayaAnim.lib" "OpenMayaFx.lib" "zlib.lib" "kernel32.lib" "user32.lib" "gdi32.lib" "winspool.lib" "comdlg32.lib" "advapi32.lib" "shell32.lib" "ole32.lib" "oleaut32.lib" "uuid.lib" "odbc32.lib" "odbccp32.lib" /IMPLIB:"Release2016\meshBake.lib" /DLL /MACHINE:X64 /OPT:REF /INCREMENTAL:NO /PGD:"Release2016\BakeProject.pgd" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /MANIFESTUAC:"level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false'" /ManifestFile:"Release2016\BakeProject.mll.intermediate.manifest" /OPT:ICF /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"BakeProject\commonUtils\Mem" /LIBPATH:"BakeProject\commonUtils\zlib_1_2_8" /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\lib" /TLBID:1 

/OUT:"Release2015\meshBake.mll" /MANIFEST /NXCOMPAT /PDB:"Release2015\meshBake.pdb" /DYNAMICBASE:NO "Foundation.lib" "OpenMaya.lib" "OpenMayaAnim.lib" "OpenMayaFx.lib" "zlib.lib" "kernel32.lib" "user32.lib" "gdi32.lib" "winspool.lib" "comdlg32.lib" "advapi32.lib" "shell32.lib" "ole32.lib" "oleaut32.lib" "uuid.lib" "odbc32.lib" "odbccp32.lib" /IMPLIB:"Release2015\meshBake.lib" /DLL /MACHINE:X64 /OPT:REF /INCREMENTAL:NO /PGD:"Release2015\BakeProject.pgd" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /MANIFESTUAC:"level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false'" /ManifestFile:"Release2015\BakeProject.mll.intermediate.manifest" /OPT:ICF /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"BakeProject\commonUtils\Mem" /LIBPATH:"BakeProject\commonUtils\zlib_1_2_8" /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2015\lib" /TLBID:1 

They are almost identical, but only 2015 works 😕

[haggi_master]

That's strange. Maybe you should download it again? No idea.

But the functions which cause the errors are not part of the maya lib as much as I can see. It is possible that you have to include some additional files. This happens in some cases if you use a newer Visual Studio version which has some parts reorganized.

[alexis_p]

According to AroundTheCorner and the docs, Maya2015 and Maya2016 have the same requirements (Visual Studio 2012 SP4), that's why I though my external lib wouldn't cause any trouble. I'll keep digging. Thanks for your time !

[alexis_p]

I added 

#include <windows.h>

in my header and all is good. For an unknown reason it wasn't necessary until then !

Thx a lot for your help 🙂

[Anonymous]

Make sure you download the devkit for your OS. I downloaded the linux one by accident, so no pluginwizard in that release obviously 🙂

[Anonymous]

I had the same exact issue. It looks like MTypes.h found in include\maya does not include windows.h like it did in previous versions. They now use some defines called  WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN.