[Dev-C++] How to make VSTpluggs with Dev-C++

[Gabriel L. <ga...@ti...>]

How to make VSTpluggs with Dev-C++ v. 4.9.8.0 [http://bloodshed.net] or
later.
by Gabriel Lindeborg [gabriel.lindeborg[at]sverige.nu] 2003-10-02
2nd edition

Changes since 1st edition: OpenSource VSTGUI!

First of all you should get the latest SDK/VSTGUI from Steinberg and
read the info and study the examples to get to know it, this document is
about how to make the SDK work in Dev-C++, not how to make VSTPluggs in
general.

Make sure there are no strange characters, no spaces or long folder
names (ie more than 8 chars) in your paths, this took hours out from my
VST-development time when I had my project in the My Documents folder.
It should work I suppose, but it doesn't. Why?

Start a new DEV-C++ project.

Choose DLL Project.

Delete the automaticly created hpp file and cpp file.

Add the SDK common files to your project, preferably in a map since
"thou shall no edit these files".

Add your source files and resource-file.

The next step has been done by Steinberg already on some of the SDK
examples, but if your VSTnameMain.cpp isn't changed add static
AudioEffect *effect =3D 0; before the bool line in the beginning of the
VSTnameMain.cpp, if it isn't there already, and change the line
*AudioEffect effect =3D new VSTname (audioMaster); into effect =3D new
VSTname (audioMaster);
I don't know why... it just didn't work unless. For me anyway...

Change the line #if BEOS into #if __GNUC__&&(WIN32||BEOS) in your
VSTnameMain.cpp file. as well as the line
BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
into
#if __GNUWIN32__
	extern "C" BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID
lpvReserved)
#else
	BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved=
)
#endif

Change the line EXPORTS main into EXPORTS main=3Dmain_plugin in your
VSTname.def file.

Open the Project Options Dialog

Add the SDK common directory to the include directories in in the
directories page.

Add -D__GNUWIN32__ -mcpu=3Dpentium -D_M_IX86=3D500 -W -DWIN32 -DNDEBUG
-D_WINDOWS to the C compiler options.
Add -D__GNUWIN32__ -mcpu=3Dpentium -D_M_IX86=3D500 -W -DWIN32 -DNDEBUG
-D_WINDOWS -gstabs the C++ compiler options.
Add -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32
-lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lmsimg32 -lmsvcrt --def VSTname.def
to the linker options.

Compile!

Don't hesitate to give me feedback @ [gabriel.lindeborg[at]sverige.nu]!!

Thanks goes to:
Friedemann Wolpert
Urs Heckmann
Colin Laplace
Alex Ebersp=E4cher
Per Westermark
and all the other VST developers who has provided input to and help with
this how to...
and Steinberg for letting us play with VST and making VSTGUI OpenSource.

Note I: Altough this should work with Dev-C++ 4.01, I can't figure out
how. The file compiles fine but they do, as it seems, not export main.
Anyway neither Cubase nor FruityLoops will recognize the resulting .dll.
Any ideas?