Visual C++ help

I just got visual C++ and have a book that uses code for it. So when I try to use one of the example programs it says it cannot find d3dapp.h. I found out that that wasn't even on my computer, and the program needs it to run.

I have DirectX 8.0 instead of 9, but that program was written with DirectX8.0 anyways. There are also a few other files in it that it cannot find. Maybe they changed the names of those files to something else?

Anyways, any help would be much appreciated.

You have to install the DirextX development kit, which includes all this files.........

Download it at http://msdn.microsoft.com/

It was the DirectX 8.0 SDK. And I am getting 9.0 SDK right now.

Have u added the DirectX include path to the top of the Visual include path options?

I have added the DX include paths, made the lib at the top as well. I just finished installing DX9.0 SDK and used an example and it worked. I spent some time trying to figure out why that one worked and mine didn't. I haven't been able to find out.

Maybe I am making the workspace the wrong type, what is it supposed to be? I tried Win32 Console.

If someone would like me to send the project that doesn't work I can. I assume you have the billboard sample.

Win32 Console Apps are for basic things, I hate to say it, but they are wrongly called "DOS boxes", (there is no DOS on a modern Windows box). A GUI application is a Win32 Application. I would say you do not want a Console App here.

Alright, thanks..I'm one step further. It can find the files but now I get a ton of warnings and an error.

c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(50) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_d3dEnumeration'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(50) : error C2501: 'CD3DEnumeration' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(50) : error C2501: 'm_d3dEnumeration' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(51) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_d3dSettings'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(51) : error C2501: 'CD3DSettings' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(51) : error C2501: 'm_d3dSettings' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(71) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'D3DCAPS9'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(94) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_pD3D'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(94) : error C2501: 'LPDIRECT3D9' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(94) : error C2501: 'm_pD3D' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(95) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_pd3dDevice'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(95) : error C2501: 'LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(95) : error C2501: 'm_pd3dDevice' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(96) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_d3dCaps'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(96) : error C2501: 'D3DCAPS9' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(96) : error C2501: 'm_d3dCaps' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dapp.h(119) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'D3DCAPS9'
c:\dxsdk\samples\c++\common\include\d3dfont.h(38) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'm_pd3dDevice'

I can't make any sense on why it says there are errors in those files.