DirectInput

I'm trying to use DirectInput in my program and was basically wondering where/how do I start? I've found some tutorials but at this point all I really want to do is play with one input device at a time. Most tutorials start with a minimum of mouse/keyboard.

Also, I'm using the DirectX 9 SDK and was wondering if there would be any kind of conflicts if I mixed different versions of DirectX in my program (ie: DirectInput 9, DirectDraw 7, etc)?

mw

why would you have different versions of the SDK on your computer? I hope you installed them in different directories so that only one version can be used for any given program.

Never mind. I found my answer about version compatibility.

Anyway, what about the DirectInput tutorials? There is not a single tutorial I've found that starts at the beginning of the program and illustrates how to setup a single input device (everything shows you how to setup multiple devices and doesn't show you includes, etc).

mw

Ok, I think this is starting to sink in a little.

I'm using the DirectInput8Create function:

Code:

int My_Direct_Input (void)
{
     FILE *fp = fopen ("initialize_report.txt", "a");

     if (!(DirectInput8Create (hInstance, DIRECTINPUT_VERSION, IID_IDirectInput8, (void **) &m_pDirectInput, NULL)))
     {
          fprintf (fp, "\n\nDirectInput initialization: FAILED");
          Direct_flag = 0;
     }
     else
     {
          (insert initialization code here)
     }
}

The error I'm getting is:
'DirectInput8Create' undefined; assuming extern returning int

I have dinput.h in my includes and dinput.lib in my library modules, so I'm really not sure why this is undefined.

Does anyone know why I'm getting this error?

mw

Ok, I've found out why I couldn't get it to compile:

MSVC++ ver 6.0 isn't supported by any SDKs effective 12/04.

In order to use DirectX ver 9 with it, you have to use the 10/04 release of DirectX:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

mw