Maya API and Visual Studio 2003 (7.1)

[limbo]

is it really completely impossible to compile maya plugins using version 7.1? the knowledge base and the linkage errors seem to suggest that but i refuse to accept it so easily.

[ben-cal]

hi,
for me everything works fine with VC++ .NET...!?!?

Could you explain the problems you encountered?

Benoit

[bioniccarrot]

Hello,

I have found a simple and easy change that allows the creation and compilation
of plugins with version 7.1 of visual studio. I found that you should modify the
include file MIOStream.h.

Make the following modifications to MIOStream.h:

1) change the include statement so that it references the new stream io library.
2) add the inclusion of the standard namespace after the include statement.

The changes should appear as below:

#if defined(REQUIRE_IOSTREAM)
// Linux only
#include <iostream&gt
#define IOS_REF(iosref) std::iosref
#else
#include <iostream&gt
#define IOS_REF(iosref) iosref
#endif

using namespace std;