Thread: DirectX 9.0c header & libs

Normally it's not allowed to distribute any files included in the SDK separately (however you might find these files somewhere).

Hint
The DirectX SDK is usually shipped with PC-magazines like CHIP or similar, so you don't have to download it.

To summarize things, the following developer package and DX SDK versions are fully compatible:
- DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2003) and Visual C++ 6.0 (SP5)
- newer DirectX SDK updates need Visual Studio .NET 2002 or newer, furthermore the Platform SDK, in order to use DirectShow functionality.

The last DX SDK which was fully compatible with VC++6 was the Summer 2003 update. With DirectX SDK 9.0 June 2005 and newer, some projects will compile again with VC++6, in case you use only the graphic APIs, including the D3DX library!

You'll get linker errors when integrating other interfaces (e.g. DirectInput, DirectSound, DirectMusic).
DirectShow was moved from DirectX with the April 2005 SDK update, it is now contained in the Platform SDK, and MS discourages developers from using it (brave new world!).
The Platform SDK can be downloaded here (it's huge, but you can select the desired packages, about 20-25 Mb/package): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en


It seems to be sure that future DirectX SDK versions won't cooperate with VC++6.0, so Visual Studio .NET 2002 or newer is needed. One more thing: the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 is freely downloadable (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en ), it contains the same compiler as included in the Visual Studio .NET 2003! Unfortunately it doesn't contain the IDE, either the Platform SDK.

I hope this helps! Have fun.