Visual Studio 6.0

[darrin75]

Can this be used to develop plugins. I have just got this but unable to import sln files for plugins for gbpvr. Any suggestions.

[reven]

nah vs6.0 is to old to work.

[CodeMonkey]

Reven is right. GBPVR is a .NET application. Visual C++ 6 is pre .NET.

[jasonf]

A .sln file is just a text file, so you could open it up to see what it's referencing (will be 1 or more projects, or .csproj files).

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "HelloWorldPlugin", "HelloWorldPlugin.csproj", "{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}"
ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
Debug = Debug
Release = Release
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|.NET
{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|.NET
{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|.NET
{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}.Release.Build.0 = Release|.NET
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal
[/QUOTE]

.csproj files are also text files:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><VisualStudioProject>
   <CSHARP
       ProjectType = "Local"
       ProductVersion = "7.10.3077"
       SchemaVersion = "2.0"
       ProjectGuid = "{9ECFCA7D-A036-4118-A45E-7CB68810C58E}"
   >
       <Build>
           <Settings
               ApplicationIcon = ""
               AssemblyKeyContainerName = ""
               AssemblyName = "HelloWorldPlugin"
               AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile = ""
               DefaultClientScript = "JScript"
               DefaultHTMLPageLayout = "Grid"
               DefaultTargetSchema = "IE50"
               DelaySign = "false"
               OutputType = "Library"
               PreBuildEvent = ""
               PostBuildEvent = ""
               RootNamespace = "HelloWorldPlugin"
               RunPostBuildEvent = "OnBuildSuccess"
               StartupObject = ""
           >
               <Config
                   Name = "Debug"
                   AllowUnsafeBlocks = "false"
                   BaseAddress = "285212672"
                   CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                   ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                   DefineConstants = "DEBUG;TRACE"
                   DocumentationFile = ""
                   DebugSymbols = "true"
                   FileAlignment = "4096"
                   IncrementalBuild = "false"
                   NoStdLib = "false"
                   NoWarn = ""
                   Optimize = "false"
                   OutputPath = "bin\Debug\"
                   RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                   RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                   TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                   WarningLevel = "4"
               />
               <Config
                   Name = "Release"
                   AllowUnsafeBlocks = "false"
                   BaseAddress = "285212672"
                   CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                   ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                   DefineConstants = "TRACE"
                   DocumentationFile = ""
                   DebugSymbols = "false"
                   FileAlignment = "4096"
                   IncrementalBuild = "false"
                   NoStdLib = "false"
                   NoWarn = ""
                   Optimize = "true"
                   OutputPath = "bin\Release\"
                   RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                   RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                   TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                   WarningLevel = "4"
               />
           </Settings>
           <References>
               <Reference
                   Name = "System"
                   AssemblyName = "System"
                   HintPath = "..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.dll"
               />
               <Reference
                   Name = "System.Data"
                   AssemblyName = "System.Data"
                   HintPath = "..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Data.dll"
               />
               <Reference
                   Name = "System.XML"
                   AssemblyName = "System.Xml"
                   HintPath = "..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.XML.dll"
               />
               <Reference
                   Name = "system.drawing"
                   AssemblyName = "System.Drawing"
                   HintPath = "..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\system.drawing.dll"
               />
               <Reference
                   Name = "system.windows.forms"
                   AssemblyName = "System.Windows.Forms"
                   HintPath = "..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\system.windows.forms.dll"
               />
               <Reference
                   Name = "GBPVRPublic"
                   AssemblyName = "GBPVRPublic"
                   HintPath = "..\..\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\GBPVRPublic.dll"
               />
           </References>
       </Build>
       <Files>
           <Include>
               <File
                   RelPath = "AssemblyInfo.cs"
                   SubType = "Code"
                   BuildAction = "Compile"
               />
               <File
                   RelPath = "HelloWorldTask.cs"
                   SubType = "Code"
                   BuildAction = "Compile"
               />
           </Include>
       </Files>
   </CSHARP>
</VisualStudioProject>
[/QUOTE]

You should be able to manually build a project in your free IDE (SharpDevelop, etc) containing the individual files stated in the project file.  And you should also be able to manually group individual projects into their concept of a solution.