3ds max plugin wizard with visual studio 2008 express

1a. Copy the 3ds "maxsdk" to D:\ drive or other location where there are no user permission issues.

1. Open the 3dsmaxPluginWizard.vsz file (in the 3dsmaxPluginWizard directory root) in a text editor and edit the ABSOLUTE PATH parameter to reflect the new location of the 3dsmaxPluginWizard root directory. Do not add a backslash after the directory name.

Param="ABSOLUTE_PATH = [Absolute Path Location of 3dsmaxPluginWizard Root Directory]"

1b. Edit 3dsmaxPluginWizard.vsz with a text editor, eg.: Notepad.
change line 2: Wizard=VsWizard.VsWizardEngine.9.0

2. Copy the following files from the 3dsmaxPluginWizard root to the 'VC\VCProjects' directory under your Visual Studio installation (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCProjects):

3dsmaxPluginWizard.ico
3dsmaxPluginWizard.vsdir
3dsmaxPluginWizard.vsz

If you are using Visual Studio Express Edition, you need to copy the files listed above to the 'VC\Express\VCProjects' folder.


3. At this point the 3ds Max Plugin Wizard project should appear under File menu:New:Projects:Visual C++ Projects in Visual Studio.

CSS: rounded edge / corner box

CSS:

.mainbody {
 border-right-width: 1px;
 border-left-width: 1px;
 border-right-style: solid;
 border-left-style: solid;
 border-right-color: #CCC;
 border-left-color: #CCC;
 padding-right: 10px;
 padding-left: 10px;
}
.topcenter {
 border-top-width: 1px;
 border-top-style: solid;
 border-top-color: #CCC;
}
.bottomcenter {
 border-bottom-width: 1px;
 border-bottom-style: solid;
 border-bottom-color: #CCC;
 height: 4px;
}
.topleft {
 background-image: url(images/corners_topleft.gif);
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 background-position: left top;
 height: 5px;
 width: 5px;
 float: left;
}
.topright {
 background-image: url(images/corners_topright.gif);
 background-position: right top;
 float: right;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 height: 5px;
 width: 5px;
}
.bottomright {
 background-image: url(images/corners_bottomright.gif);
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 background-position: right top;
 float: right;
 height: 5px;
 width: 5px;
}
.bottomleft {
 background-image: url(images/corners_bottomleft.gif);
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 background-position: left top;
 height: 5px;
 width: 5px;
 float: left;
}
.topbottom {
 height: 5px;
}

HTML:

<div>
<div class="topbottom">
<div class="topleft"></div>
<div class="topright"></div>
<div class="topcenter"></div>
</div>
<div class="mainbody">content</div>
<div class="topbottom">
<div class="bottomleft"></div>
<div class="bottomright"></div>
<div class="bottomcenter"></div>
</div>
</div>