Compiling 64bit from vc++ express

[GeneCrucean]

For those using vc++ express 2008. Is there anyway to compile 64bit? It seems that the express version only supports 32bit now :(

[StephenBlair]

This may help: http://www.xsi-blog.com/archives/251#comment-16803

[GeneCrucean]

Ah, thanks Steve.

[ThomasHelzle]

I stumbled over this post by accident - did it work for you?
I still haven't tried it for XSI...

Cheers!

Thomas Helzle

[CHRIS3D]

another one : http://forum.lamrug.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1361 (http://forum.lamrug.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1361)
look at the second part of the post

[ThomasHelzle]

I finally had a chance to try it out and it works here on Vista 64 SP1 with Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition, the latest SDK (Server 2008 & Net Framework 3.5) installed and registered (from the commandline, the GUI tool is broken), the right settings entered at the VC++ commandline and VC started with the "-useenv" switch and the correct paths for libs and includes set to the 64 Bit version of the XSI SDK as well as the right compiler and linker switches set...

I only do Mental Ray shaders so far, so I don't know if it is the same for "real" plugins.

If someone needs a more detailed walkthrough, I can try to cook it up if time allows...
Now I just have to update all my shaders first :-)

Cheers,

Thomas Helzle