Wow, those are great prices!

Hey I was hoping for another Mini contest after this one. I was hoping for an Internet Explorer plugin contest? It would be another contest where the base code is provided. What do ya say?

Well, I hope there's more interest in it, otherwise it's not worth the prices.

Oh by the way, I found out that my update link did not work. Here's another link to it. *Watch the visual, feel the magic!*

MerryChristmasNeHe_RickWong_v0.2.zip (189K)

I think if we don't get more than 10 entries, save the prizes for the next contest. I think if Nehe posts something on the front page we can get more participation. Let's extend the contest 2 weeks from whenever he gets around posting the notice.

Happy Christmas to all! [smile]

Development on my entry is going well. Maybe I'll post a screenshot sometime...

I'm still having problems with my plugin ceasing to work though, usually after making a project change (adding a new file, changing from debug to release mode etc.) Deleting the dll doesn't help and trying to configure the plugin causes winamp to crash.[depressed] The only workaround is for me to recreate my .sln from the .dsw file (I'm using VC.net 2002) and recompile. Very frustrating! Is anyone else having something similar as I'm really tired of redoing the solution all the time?

@tgraupmann
your issues sounded similar to what I've just described. What IDE are you using?

As for those who have posted their progress so far, very nice.

Good luck to all, and have a great new year!

I was having the same issue on VC 6.0, .NET 2002, and .NET 2003.

Even using the provided DLLs I was having the same issue. Somehow recompiling is working for you? I had to reinstall winamp several times, after it gets stuck? You can tell when it is messing up because the customize size goes crazy.

Quote: Original post by tgraupmann
Even using the provided DLLs I was having the same issue. Somehow recompiling is working for you?

Not just a recompile. That doesn't work either. What I have found works is to recreate the entire solution from the VC6 .dsw file provided with the base code and then rebuild. This of course means that any changes to the project you have made have to be done again. Quite nasty.

Same results with the makefile i provided?

I haven't actually tried the makefile. I suspect that this is actually a VC bug so maybe basing the project off the makefile might do the trick. I'll let you know if the problem goes away.

Mini contests are tough, i've not had time myself to make a quick entry. When is the offical deadline?