DX 7 or 8?
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Hello,
I have heard several mixed reviews on the new version of DX. I am going through Andre''s book, Windows Game Programming Gurus but have heard that many of the examples don''t compile with DX 8. I have the DX 8.0 SDK on my computer, should I reload 7 and not even worry about 8 yet or should I get a book that teaches DX 8?
They should compile with the version 8 SDK if you know how to do it 
Look here for an answer.
Summarised: "For example, to use the latest headers to compile against the DirectX 7.0 version of D3D, define DIRECT3D_VERSION to be 0x0700."
ie.
#define DIRECT3D_VERSION 0x0700.
There will be similar methods for directdraw and whatever, I'm guessing.
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Edited by - Kylotan on January 14, 2002 6:38:50 PM
Look here for an answer.Summarised: "For example, to use the latest headers to compile against the DirectX 7.0 version of D3D, define DIRECT3D_VERSION to be 0x0700."
ie.
#define DIRECT3D_VERSION 0x0700.
There will be similar methods for directdraw and whatever, I'm guessing.
[ MSVC Fixes | STL | SDL | Game AI | Sockets | C++ Faq Lite | Boost ]
Edited by - Kylotan on January 14, 2002 6:38:50 PM
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