How to tell if the version of DirectX you need is installed?
Start > Run > (type) dxdiag
that will tell you everything about what DX version you have installed.
that will tell you everything about what DX version you have installed.
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I mean at run time. How can i check that it is installed. Since i don't want to ship DX with every demo i make, i simply want to see if it is there before trying to use it. Therefore preventing crashes.
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[edit]Oh, I see Oluseyi already has a link. Oops [/edit]
Someone goes to an awful lot of trouble to write documentation for DirectX. Please, read it =)
There is another function related to this, but it's too long to list all of it here.
Someone goes to an awful lot of trouble to write documentation for DirectX. Please, read it =)
Quote:
Checks whether the Microsoft Direct3D runtime version is compatible with the D3DX utility library version.
Syntax
BOOL WINAPI D3DXCheckVersion( UINT D3DSdkVersion,
UINT D3DXSdkVersion
);
Parameters
D3DSdkVersion
[in] D3D_SDK_VERSION version of the Direct3D runtime.
D3DXSdkVersion
[out] D3DX_SDK_VERSION version of the D3DX utility library.
Return Value
Returns TRUE if the the Direct3D runtime version is compatible with the D3DX utility library version; otherwise FALSE is returned.
Remarks
Use this function for initialization of your application as follows.
HRESULT CD3DXMyApplication::Initialize(HINSTANCE hInstance, LPCSTR szWindowName,
LPCSTR szClassName, UINT uWidth, UINT uHeight)
{
HRESULT hr;
if (!D3DXCheckVersion(D3D_SDK_VERSION, D3DX_SDK_VERSION))
return E_FAIL;
.
.
.
}
Function Information
Header d3dx9core.h
Import library d3dx9.lib
Minimum operating systems Windows 98
There is another function related to this, but it's too long to list all of it here.
Quote:
INT DirectXSetupGetVersion( DWORD *pdwVersion,
DWORD *pdwRevision
);
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