Problems with sdk 2011-03-11 (likely user incompetence) Options

[kevl]

Hi

Attempting to learn the fine art of plugin development. To this end I have downloaded sdk, foo_tutorial1-0.4-20080520-src and have visual studio c++ 2008 express ed.


Notice that when I load the solution using 2008 express from the tutorial I get a unresolved reference i.e. foobar2000_SDK (unavailable).

Browsing then through the SDK directory structure I notice that there are a mixture of .vcproj AND .vcxproj files. The latter cannot be opened in 2008.

So I then download Visual C++ express 2010 and repeat execise, that doesnt end well either. All references to former .vcproj are now broken as they have now been renamed.

Now I guess to a pro these are trivial issues. But not for a learner. Is this some cunning plan to disuade the incompetent???? :-)

I have looked for an older SDK which might not have the offending mixture of file types but presumably using only the latest sdk is strongly preferred.


How should one proceed???


(learn to use the tools I hear you say :-) )



K

[foosion]

Now I guess to a pro these are trivial issues. But not for a learner. Is this some cunning plan to disuade the incompetent???? :-)

No, mostly it's a lack of time on my part for working on my foobar2000 components. Sorry for that!

The easiest way should be to create a new solution for the SDK with VC++ 10 and add the old project for foo_tutorial1 to it. The project file should be automatically converted by VC++ 10. Youl would still need to add the project dependencies manually.

If that seems to be too much to tackle at once, I could probably dig out an old SDK, so you could see the required project structure before moving to VC++ 10.

[mudlord]

Or....
https://github.com/mudlord/foobar2000
http://kode54.foobar2000.org

[kevl]

If you had an SDK lying around which would work with visual C++ 2008 then I would be very grateful.

Searching the web for info on manually adding dependencies in 2010 suggests to me that even people who know what they are doing struggle. Apparently MS has changed the way this is handled significantly between 2008 and 2010.

I'm giving up on the VC++ Express 2010 version.


A man has to know his limitations.



K

[foosion]

I have just uploaded a new zip file for foo_tutorial1 that includes solution and project files for VC++ 10. For reference the process of converting is as follows:

1. Download and unpack the foobar2000 SDK.
2. Download and unpack foo_tutorial1. The foo_tutorial1 directory has to be inside the foobar2000 directory in the SDK.
3. Start VC++ 10 (Express).
4. Select "Open Project..." and browse to the solution file from foo_tuttorial1 (foo_tutorial1.express.sln).
5. Accept the choice to convert the solution and the referenced projects.
6. Say no if VC++ asks whether to replace the existing project files from the SDK.
7. Done. The foo_tutorial1 project should now compile.

For now the updated foo_tutorial1 zip file contains project files for both VC++ 9 and VC++ 10.