Hi vegas scripting newbies,

thought it could be a good idea to share this brief Hello World C++ sample. While I found some samples for C#, I failed to find some for C++ or Visual C++ in particular. Nevertheless, Visual C++ was the only environment capable of attaching the running vegas process to get into debugging in its free version. So, I worried a bit with my abilities...
and here is the sample.

Have fun,
Thomas


************ IMPLEMENTATION ************

launch Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
File -> New Project
- Template: class library
- Name: VegasCppHelloWorld

Project -> Properties
- new reference to Sony.Vegas (on the file system search tab to be choosen from within Vegas install folder: sony.vegas.dll)
- new reference to System.Windows.Forms (on the .NET tab)

Replace the template body of VegasCppHelloWorld.h with:

// VegasCppHelloWorld.h



#pragma once



using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

using namespace Sony::Vegas;



public ref class EntryPoint

{

	public:

		void FromVegas(Vegas vegas) {



			MessageBox::Show("hello world");

	    }

};

Hit F7 (make)

create a link from the VegasCppHelloWorld.dll and store it in the vegas Script Menu folder
launch vegas and execute the dll
:-)

************ DEBUGGING ************
Extras (english wording?) -> Attach Process
- select vegas70.exe

set a breakpoint on the MessageBox call

run the script

debugger stops at the breakpoint
:-)