Mel Syntax Highlighting For Visual Studio 2005

Maya
1

Hello,

I want syntax highlighting for Visual Studio 2005. I found the following script which is for an older version.

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/to...pting/2487.html

I tried to adapt that but the registry path is no longer valid and also the path for placing the usertype.dat seems to have changed.

My guess of the key for the new version was:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Languages\Language Services\C/C++
NCB Default C/C++ Extensions: ".cpp;.cxx;.c;.cc;.h;.hh;.hxx;.hpp;.inl;.tlh;.tli;.mel"

and I copied usertype.dat into: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin

But obviously that did not work. What do I do?

Greetings

2

You don't need to mess around with registry settings with 2005.

Just copy your usertype.dat
to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE

Then in Dev Studio go to Tools>Options>Text Editor>File Extension

Add 'mel' and set the Editor to Microsoft Visual C++

Then restart Dev Studio.

EASY

3

Works like a charm. Thank you very much