Weird D3D linker error

I'm trying to learn Direct3D using a tutorial I found on the Net (http://www.experimentsingameprogramming.com/).

I followed the author's instructions to the letter and everything worked great UNTIL he added a class that works with fonts:

Code:

#include "dxText.h"

dxText::dxText(void)
{
	g_font = NULL; //The font object
}

dxText::~dxText(void)
{
	if( g_font != NULL) 
	{
        g_font->Release();
		g_font = NULL;
	}
}


bool dxText::init(DWORD size, LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 device)
{
	// Create a font
	D3DXCreateFont(device, //D3D Device
		size, //Font height
		0, //Font width
		FW_NORMAL, //Font Weight
		1, //MipLevels
		false, //Italic
		DEFAULT_CHARSET, //CharSet
		OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, //OutputPrecision
		ANTIALIASED_QUALITY, //Quality
		DEFAULT_PITCH|FF_DONTCARE,//PitchAndFamily
		"Arial", //pFacename,
		&g_font); //ppFont

	return true;
}

void dxText::drawText(std::string text, int x, int y, int width, int height)
{
	RECT font_rect = {0,0,width,height}; //sets the size of our font surface rect

	//set the destination for our text, by moving the font rect.
	SetRect(&font_rect, //our font rect
		x, //Left
		y, //Top
		width, //width
		height //height
		);

	//draw our text
	g_font->DrawText(NULL, //pSprite
		text.c_str(), //pString
		-1, //Count
		&font_rect, //pRect
		DT_LEFT|DT_NOCLIP,//Format,
		0xFFFFFFFF); //Color (white)

}

Anyway, this and the rest of the code compiles just fine, but the linker says

Code:

dxtext.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _D3DXCreateFontA@48 referenced in function "public: bool
 __thiscall dxText::init(unsigned long,struct IDirect3DDevice9 *)" (?init@dxText@@QAE_NKPAUIDirect3DDevice9@@@Z)
Debug/dblock.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

The DirectX libs are included, as are the necessary headers (the directories are set and I added the additional dependencies). I have been checking and double checking the settings all day long but haven't gotten anywhere.

Then I downloaded and tried to build the author's own project files, but got the exact same error.

Nothing that Google turned up has helped either.

Since I'm all out of ideas, I'd be really greatful if somebody could help.

The declaration I find of this function on MSDN is something like;

Code:

HRESULT D3DXCreateFont(
  LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 pDevice,
  HFONT hFont,
  LPD3DXFONT* ppFont
);

Originally Posted by Tonto

The declaration I find of this function on MSDN is something like;

Code:

HRESULT D3DXCreateFont(
  LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 pDevice,
  HFONT hFont,
  LPD3DXFONT* ppFont
);

Yeah, but there's another declaration tha goes

Code:

HRESULT D3DXCreateFont(
  LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 pDevice,
  INT Height,
  UINT Width,
  UINT Weight,
  UINT MipLevels,
  BOOL Italic,
  DWORD CharSet,
  DWORD OutputPrecision,
  DWORD Quality,
  DWORD PitchAndFamily,
  LPCTSTR pFacename,
  LPD3DXFONT * ppFont
);

The one you posted is the DX8.1 version, whereas I want the 9.0 one. You'd think that including the 9.0 header and lib would do the trick but I'm obviously missing something...