#define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0800

#include <dinput.h>

DirectInput8Create( g_Window.GetHInstance(), DIRECTINPUT_VERSION, IID_IDirectInput,
		(void**)&_dinput, NULL);

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To create a DirectX 8.x interface with the DirectX 9.0�software development kit (SDK) without using CoCreateInstance:

1. Set "#define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0800" before the include statement for Dinput8.h.
2. Call DirectInput8Create instead of DirectInputCreateEx.
3. Link to the Dinput8.lib library instead of Dinput.lib.

Quote:Original post by Drew_Benton

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To create a DirectX 8.x interface with the DirectX 9.0�software development kit (SDK) without using CoCreateInstance:

1. Set "#define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0800" before the include statement for Dinput8.h.
2. Call DirectInput8Create instead of DirectInputCreateEx.
3. Link to the Dinput8.lib library instead of Dinput.lib.

See if that does the trick.

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To create a DirectX 8.x or DirectX 9.0 interface from the DirectX 8.x or DirectX 9.0�SDK using CoCreateInstance:

1. Call CoInitializeEx.
2. Call CoCreateInstance using CLISID_DirectInput8.
3. Use IDirectInput8::Initialize to initialize the DirectInput object.

Quote:Original post by ArmitageIII87
I just went to the msdn.microsoft.com/directx website and they don't appear to have removed dinput. That'd be a big deal because other than the windows message pump for handling input there isn't any other way that I'm aware of. Plus I think I would have seen this on the dxdev list. I'll verify it for for sure when I get home this evening. If it isn't there go and get the latest Platform SDK release cause I'm sure it'd be there.

c:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(11) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'dinput8.h': No such file or directory

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Oh, I didn't even see that in your post, sorry about that. I'm not sure then, that seems very weird. I checked and have not found any information on MSDN about DI changes in the August SDK. Perhaps you could try a reinstall? I don't use the August SDK (they just come out too fast for me to upgrade), so I can't offer anything else there.

Quote:Original post by rewt
I am using direct input with the DirectX August 2005 update and the dinput.h and dinput.lib files are in my "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (August 2005)\Include" and "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (August 2005)\Lib\x86" folder respectively (using the default install path).

dinput.h does include the DirectInput8Create() function call. It is what I am using to create the direct input device. Looking in the August help documentation the direct input tutorials appear to be there.

Is it possible the install silently failed and did not correctly install pieces of the SDK? I would try uninstalling the SDK and then reinstalling it from scratch.

-Ryan

#define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0800#include <dinput.h>DirectInput8Create( g_Window.GetHInstance(), DIRECTINPUT_VERSION, IID_IDirectInput,		(void**)&_dinput, NULL);

c:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(26) : error C2501: 'LPDIRECTINPUT8' : missing storage-class or type specifiersc:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(26) : error C2501: '_dinput' : missing storage-class or type specifiersc:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(27) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier '_dinputdevice'c:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(27) : error C2501: 'LPDIRECTINPUTDEVICE8' : missing storage-class or type specifiersc:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.h(27) : error C2501: '_dinputdevice' : missing storage-class or type specifiersc:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.cpp(117) : error C2065: 'DirectInput8Create' : undeclared identifierc:\documents and settings\directx\cgraphics.cpp(118) : error C2065: '_dinput' : undeclared identifier