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Cpp 64 bit (XSISDK)

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1 Compiling plug-ins for both XSI x86 and XSI x64 using Visual Studio .NET 2005 on Windows SP Professional x64 Edition 2 Compiling plug-ins for XSI x64 (v5.0) using Visual Studio .NET 2003 3 Mixed (x86 and x64) Environments

Compiling plug-ins for both XSI x86 and XSI x64 using Visual Studio .NET 2005 on Windows SP Professional x64 Edition

In order to compile XSI plug-ins for each platform, you need to launch Visual Studio .NET 2005 with the proper options, which you can set up using a batch file (.bat) as demonstrated below.

Note: These are .bat files for compiling on a 64-bit OS. For compiling on a 32-bit OS, you need to modify the path to Visual Studio (for example, remove " (x86)" from the line below).

Batch file for compiling XSI x86 (win32) plug-ins: XSIVC2005.bat

@echo off

call "C:\Softimage\XSI_6.01\Application\bin\Setenv.bat"

call  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

set PATH
set XSISDK_ROOT="C:\Softimage\XSI_6.01\XSISDK"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /useenv

echo on

Batch file for compiling XSI x64 plug-ins: XSIVC2005x64.bat

@echo off

call "C:\Softimage\XSI_6.01_x64\Application\bin\Setenv.bat"

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

set PATH
set XSISDK_ROOT="C:\Softimage\XSI_6.01_x64\XSISDK"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /useenv

echo on

For compiling XSI x64 plug-ins, you need to do one more thing!

Once you launch Visual Studio .NET 2005, you also need to set the following options after loading a project to compile:

1. From the Build menu, click Configuration Manager.
2. On the Configuration Manager dialog, select Debug x64 or Release x64 from the Active solution configuration drop-down list.
3. Select New from the Active solution platform drop-down list and type x64 as the new platform name.
4. Click OK to close the New Solution Platform dialog.
5. Click Close to exit the Configuration Manager dialog and then compile / build a plug-in (solution).

Compiling plug-ins for XSI x64 (v5.0) using Visual Studio .NET 2003

1. Install Microsoft Visual Studio .Net2003.
2. Install the MSDN support packages appropriate to your system:
   • For AMD64 Workstation, install the following:
     • PSDK-amd64.exe (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a55b6b43-e24f-4ea3-a93e-40c0ec4f68e5&displaylang=en)
     • SDK64AMD64.msi (the 64-bit version of version 7.1 of the CRT/MFC/ATL. You must contact Microsoft to get this package - it is free but not available directly for download. In our experience Microsoft has a quick turnaround to send you the files)
     • Configure the environment following instructions from the SDK64AMD64 package.
   • For Intel, install the following:
     • PSDK-x86.exe
     • SDK64x8664.msi
     • Configure the environment following instructions from the SDK64x8664 package.
3. From a configured shell, type:

devenv /USEENV

(With the /USEENV, devenv will use the compilers & linker for AMD64. The produce binaries will be 64 bits. In order to debug, the Debugging Tools for Windows 64-bit must be used since the debug information is not compatible with .Net2003 for 64 bits).

Mixed (x86 and x64) Environments

See Self-Installing Plug-ins (XSISDK)#Mixed 32 and 64bit Workgroups