diff -brN -U0 vstsdk2.3/source/common/aeffectx.h vstsdk2.3-mod/source/common/aeffectx.h
--- vstsdk2.3/source/common/aeffectx.h	2003-05-12 16:34:26.000000000 -0500
+++ vstsdk2.3-mod/source/common/aeffectx.h	2004-08-22 20:31:32.022319104 -0500
@@ -917,0 +918 @@
+	/* -- Anyone know that ANSI C doesn't support constructors in structs? I guess the authors didn't. -- Klowner
@@ -932,0 +934 @@
+	*/
@@ -940,0 +943,13 @@
+void VstFileTypeSet (VstFileType *ptr, char* _name, char *_macType, char *_dosType, char *_unixType = 0, char *_mimeType1 = 0, char *_mimeType2 = 0)
+{
+	// mimics the function of the standard violating segment of code found above.
+	strcpy (ptr->name, _name);
+	strcpy (ptr->macType, _macType);
+	strcpy (ptr->dosType, _dosType);
+	strcpy (ptr->unixType, _unixType);
+	strcpy (ptr->mimeType1, _mimeType1);
+	strcpy (ptr->mimeType2, _mimeType2);
+	return;
+};
+
+
diff -brN -U0 vstsdk2.3/source/controlsgui/controlsguieditor.cpp vstsdk2.3-mod/source/controlsgui/controlsguieditor.cpp
--- vstsdk2.3/source/controlsgui/controlsguieditor.cpp	2003-05-14 17:54:42.000000000 -0500
+++ vstsdk2.3-mod/source/controlsgui/controlsguieditor.cpp	2004-08-22 20:36:36.378050000 -0500
@@ -760,0 +761 @@
+				/* -- I do hope this works.
@@ -764,0 +766,6 @@
+				*/
+				VstFileType aiffType; VstFileTypeSet(&aiffType, "AIFF File", "AIFF", "aif", "aiff", "audio/aiff", "audio/x-aiff");
+				VstFileType aifcType; VstFileTypeSet(&aifcType, "AIFC File", "AIFC", "aif", "aifc", "audio/x-aifc", "");
+				VstFileType waveType; VstFileTypeSet(&waveType, "Wave File", ".WAV", "wav", "wav",  "audio/wav", "audio/x-wav");
+				VstFileType sdIIType; VstFileTypeSet(&sdIIType, "SoundDesigner II File", "Sd2f", "sd2", "sd2", "", "");
+				// -- end of workaround