Problem with iPlug2 setup for AAX on win10

Windows
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I can build app, VST2, and VST3 but the AAX version fails. I downloaded the AAX_SDK (AAX_SDK_2p2p2) and put the contents of the AAX_SDK_2p2p2 folder in iPlug2\Dependencies\IPlug\AAX_SDK.

Can someone who has successfully built an AAX version help me out here? Obviously something wrong with how AAX_SDK is installed.

When I build the IPlugEffect solution (with VC++ Community 2019) I get the following errors

4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(147,44): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(155,123): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(156,49): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(157,111): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(158,40): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.cpp(19,10): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘AAX_Exception.h’: No such file or directory

4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(147,44): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(155,123): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(156,49): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(157,111): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Parameters.h(158,40): error C3646: ‘AAX_OVERRIDE’: unknown override specifier (compiling source file …\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp)
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp(55,20): error C2065: ‘AAX_eStemFormat_Ambi_1_ACN’: undeclared identifier
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp(60,20): error C2065: ‘AAX_eStemFormat_Ambi_2_ACN’: undeclared identifier
4>C:\Users\Quentin\Desktop\SW Development\VST Projects\iPlug2\IPlug\AAX\IPlugAAX_Describe.cpp(62,20): error C2065: ‘AAX_eStemFormat_Ambi_3_ACN’: undeclared identifier

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you need AAX_SDK_2p3p2

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Thanks, Oli and thanks for an amazing piece of work this iPlug2.

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OK, so using the correct AAX_SDK helped but I did have to make an additional change for the aax project.
In IPLugEffect Properties->General->Configfuration Type (both x32 and x64) I had to change to Static Lib from Dynamic.
I didn’t check but I imagine same needs to be done in the other Example projects.

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i believe this info is here

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Well, what i mentioned is an additional step for Windows not in the Readme. The runtime lib setting was already correct after i cloned. But the Configuration Type was set to Dynamic lib and needed to be changed to static for aax.

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The AAX library project was set to dynamic lib?

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Yes. I’ll look at some other examples. To see how they are setup.