Just switched from DX9 to DX11 and am attempting to instance a triangle. Created a vertex buffer and a buffer for the instance positions. Not sure what it is I'm doing incorrectly.

Input Layout:

            var bytecode = ShaderBytecode.CompileFromFile("Instance.fx", "fx_5_0", ShaderFlags.None, EffectFlags.None, null, includeFX);
            var effect = new Effect(device, bytecode);
            var technique = effect.GetTechniqueByIndex(0);
            var pass = technique.GetPassByIndex(0);

            layout = new InputLayout(device, pass.Description.Signature, new[] {
                new InputElement("POSITION", 0, Format.R32G32B32A32_Float, 0, 0, InputClassification.PerVertexData, 0),
                new InputElement("COLOR", 0, Format.R32G32B32A32_Float, 16, 0, InputClassification.PerVertexData, 0),
                new InputElement("TEXCOORD", 0, Format.R32G32B32A32_Float, 0, 1, InputClassification.PerInstanceData, 1)
            });

Vertex Buffer:

            var stream = new DataStream(3 * 8 * 4, true, true);
            stream.Write(new Vector4( 0.2f,  0.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));
            stream.Write(new Vector4( 0.0f,  1.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));

            stream.Write(new Vector4(-0.2f,  0.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));
            stream.Write(new Vector4( 0.0f,  1.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));

            stream.Write(new Vector4( 0.0f,  2.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));
            stream.Write(new Vector4( 0.0f,  1.0f,  0.0f,  1.0f));

            stream.Position = 0;

            vertices = new SlimDX.Direct3D11.Buffer(device, stream, new BufferDescription()
            {
                BindFlags = BindFlags.VertexBuffer,
                CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
                OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
                SizeInBytes = 3 * 8 * 4,
                Usage = ResourceUsage.Default
            });

            stream.Dispose();

Instanced Positions Buffer:

            SlimDX.Direct3D11.Buffer ipos;

            var stream2 = new DataStream(4 * 4 * 4, true, true);

            stream2.Write(new Vector4(0, 0, 0, 1));
            stream2.Write(new Vector4(2, 2, 50, 1));
            stream2.Write(new Vector4(3, 5, 20, 1));
            stream2.Write(new Vector4(4, 0, 3, 1));

            stream2.Position = 0;

            ipos = new SlimDX.Direct3D11.Buffer(device, stream2, new BufferDescription()
            {
                BindFlags = BindFlags.VertexBuffer,
                CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
                OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
                SizeInBytes = 4 * 4 * 4,
                Usage = ResourceUsage.Default
            });

            stream2.Dispose();

Draw Code:

                effect.GetVariableByName("World").AsMatrix().SetMatrix(World);
                effect.GetVariableByName("View").AsMatrix().SetMatrix(View);
                effect.GetVariableByName("Projection").AsMatrix().SetMatrix(Projection);

                device.ImmediateContext.InputAssembler.InputLayout = layout;
                device.ImmediateContext.InputAssembler.PrimitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.TriangleList;

                device.ImmediateContext.InputAssembler.SetVertexBuffers(0, new VertexBufferBinding(vertices, 8 * 4, 0));
                device.ImmediateContext.InputAssembler.SetVertexBuffers(1, new VertexBufferBinding(ipos, 4 * 4, 0));

                pass.Apply(device.ImmediateContext);
                device.ImmediateContext.DrawInstanced(3, 4, 0, 0);

Shaders:

float4x4 World;
float4x4 View;
float4x4 Projection;

struct VS_INPUT
{
	float4 position : POSITION;
	float4 xColor : COLOR0;
	//float2 UV: TEXCOORD0;
	float4 iposition : TEXCOORD0;
};

struct PS_INPUT
{
	float4 Position : POSITION;
	float4 xColor : COLOR0;
};

PS_INPUT VS_Shader( VS_INPUT input )
{
	PS_INPUT output;
	output.Position = (input.position) + input.iposition;
	float4 worldPosition = mul(output.Position, World);
    float4 viewPosition = mul(worldPosition, View);
    output.Position = mul(viewPosition, Projection);
	output.xColor = input.xColor;
	output.xColor.a = 1;
	return output;
}

float4 PS_Shader( PS_INPUT input ) : SV_Target
{
	return input.xColor;
}

technique11 Render
{
	pass P0
	{
		SetVertexShader( CompileShader( vs_5_0, VS_Shader() ) );
		SetPixelShader( CompileShader( ps_5_0, PS_Shader() ) );
	}
}

When the code is run, nothing is drawn. Any help is appreciated.

I haven't tried out your code because of the lack of a working dev machine nearby, but I can sense that there is a problem with the way you are using instancing.

But before you directly jump to your instance buffer debugging, I would recommend to try out your shader with a basic draw primitive approach.

Basically, break down the problem into parts and debug each. But if you're short on time then go right ahead and check your instance buffer. Hope that helps.

Oh, stupid mistake. Thanks

D3D11: ERROR: ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawInstanced: Rasterization Unit is enabled (PixelShader is not NULL or Depth/Stencil test is enabled and RasterizedStream is not D3D11_SO_NO_RASTERIZED_STREAM) but position is not provided by the last shader before the Rasterization Unit. [ EXECUTION ERROR #362: DEVICE_DRAW_POSITION_NOT_PRESENT ]
Meaning, you need SV_POSITION at your rasterizer stage:
struct PS_INPUT
{
float4 Position : SV_POSITION;
float4 xColor : COLOR0;
};

How did you get that output? All I ever get are totally generic E_FAIL or E_INVALIDARG errors with no clue in the output as to what's wrong..