The Great WinAmp Plug-In Mystery

sobored · 3rd July 2002, 22:45

So...does anyone have any idea on how to use Visual Basic 6 or .Net to write WinAmp Plug-Ins?

If anyone has any information on writing them, or knows where to find information on writing plug-ins with VB6 or VB.Net PLEASE TELL ME!

deep_burn · 4th July 2002, 00:46

The only solution to your problem is to learn C++ well enough to port to VB and back. At that point, you can start learning from the examples provided in the SDKs. From my experience, however, I havn't been able to do fun things like use WinSock in C, I just don't know how.
From my understanding, it's pretty much a requirement to use C for any plugins you write, so you can compile into nifty little DLLs.
Don't get me wrong, Visual Basic is a great language, but you just can't use it for anything except stand-alone utilities. It doesn't work for anything else as well as Assembly and C.

sobored · 4th July 2002, 01:28

Yeah, I thought as much. I have Visual C++, I just didn't want to have to learn it.

Thx Anyway

3rd July 2002, 22:45	#1
sobored Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 12	The Great WinAmp Plug-In Mystery So...does anyone have any idea on how to use Visual Basic 6 or .Net to write WinAmp Plug-Ins? If anyone has any information on writing them, or knows where to find information on writing plug-ins with VB6 or VB.Net PLEASE TELL ME!

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sobored Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 12	That's what I thought...sigh... Yeah, I thought as much. I have Visual C++, I just didn't want to have to learn it. Thx Anyway

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4th July 2002, 00:46	#2
deep_burn Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 17	The only solution to your problem is to learn C++ well enough to port to VB and back. At that point, you can start learning from the examples provided in the SDKs. From my experience, however, I havn't been able to do fun things like use WinSock in C, I just don't know how. From my understanding, it's pretty much a requirement to use C for any plugins you write, so you can compile into nifty little DLLs. Don't get me wrong, Visual Basic is a great language, but you just can't use it for anything except stand-alone utilities. It doesn't work for anything else as well as Assembly and C.