Write Max plugins with VC++ 2010 Express...

[PhilHook]

Hi all...  (Apologies for the lengthy post!)

I'm trying to get setup with VC++ 2010 Express to develop plugins for Max - or at least start learning the process...  I've got extensive Maxscript experience, along with a number of other scripting languages, but no C++ experience, so I'm a total Noob when it comes to plugins!

After 2 days spent tinkering I've hit a roadblock I can't Google my way out of!... I'm sure there are others out there in the same bind - hopefully someone has some answers!

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My setup is as follows...  (following the specs outlined here)

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

3ds Max 2013 64-bit

3ds Max SDK 2013

Direct X SDK (June 2010)

(http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=6812)

-- Needs to be installed before V C++ 2010 because of conflicts explained here

Visual C++ 2010 Express

(http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads#d-2010-express)

VS 2010 Service Pack 1

(http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=23691)

VS 2010 Compiler Update (KB2519277)

(http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=4422)

-- Needs to be installed to fix errors caused by the SP1 installation

Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

(http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=8279)

Once all were installed successfully, I followed the Plugin Wizard setup instructions...

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The Wizard seems to work fine - it generates all the files outlined in the help doc (for a Utility plugin at least)...

In the Project Properties, I then do the following...

- Set Configuration as 'HybridUnicode'

- Set the Platform as 'x64'

In user32.lib VC++ Directories > Include Directories I add : $(ADSK_3DSMAX_SDK_2013)include

In Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories > Library Directories I add : $(ADSK_3DSMAX_SDK_2013)x64\lib

In testProj.rc I comment out #include "afxres.h" (as it causes fatal error RC1015) and add #include "WinResrc.h" and #define IDC_STATIC -1

(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3566018/cannot-open-include-file-afxres-h-in-vc2010-express)

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When I build, I get this error...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\lib\x64\user32.lib : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x22C38

I notice that user32.lib appears in list of Inherited values under Configuration Properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies...  I tried building with inherit disabled, but I just get a different error...

Any help - any at all - would be very much appreciated...

Cheers

[akira.kudo]

Hi

I am sorry for delay.

I had been trying to build same environment from scratch. (installing windows, VS and etc...) Unfortunately I am hitting another problem below now. Bulding plugin with x86 works fine, but not for x64 due to missing the "ConfigurationGeneral" rule as below.

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1>Error: The "ConfigurationGeneral" rule is missing from the project.
 
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From the matrix below, it seems that the Express does not support 64-bit x64 compiler.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs24szh9.aspx

So can you try to install another VisualStudio, not Express?