Visual Studio 2010 - DirectX compilation error.
I've downloaded and installed DirectX SDK of 2010 July. Every feature was checked to be installed to the disk.
I am trying to compile a code from a book, but I am getting this error:
Code:
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'd3dx9.lib'
And here is the code:
Code:
#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d9.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#pragma comment(lib,"d3d9.lib")
#pragma comment(lib,"d3dx9.lib")
//program settings
const string APPTITLE = "Direct3D_Windowed";
const int SCREENW = 1024;
const int SCREENH = 768;
//Direct3D objects
LPDIRECT3D9 d3d = NULL;
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev = NULL;
bool gameover = false;
//macro to detect key presses
#define KEY_DOWN(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0)
/**
** Game initialization function
**/
bool Game_Init(HWND window)
{
MessageBox(window, "Game_Init", "BREAKPOINT", 0);
//initialize Direct3D
d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION);
if (d3d == NULL)
{
MessageBox(window, "Error initializing Direct3D", "Error", MB_OK);
return 0;
}
//set Direct3D presentation parameters
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp));
d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
d3dpp.BackBufferCount = 1;
d3dpp.BackBufferWidth = SCREENW;
d3dpp.BackBufferHeight = SCREENH;
d3dpp.hDeviceWindow = window;
//create Direct3D device
d3d->CreateDevice(
D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,
D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
window,
D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
&d3dpp,
&d3ddev);
if (d3ddev == NULL)
{
MessageBox(window, "Error creating Direct3D device", "Error", MB_OK);
return 0;
}
return true;
}
/**
** Game update function
**/
void Game_Run(HWND hwnd)
{
//make sure the Direct3D device is valid
if (!d3ddev) return;
//clear the backbuffer to bright green
d3ddev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,255,0), 1.0f, 0);
//start rendering
if (d3ddev->BeginScene())
{
//do something?
//stop rendering
d3ddev->EndScene();
//copy back buffer on the screen
d3ddev->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}
//check for escape key (to exit program)
if (KEY_DOWN(VK_ESCAPE))
PostMessage(hwnd, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0);
}
/**
** Game shutdown function
**/
void Game_End(HWND hwnd)
{
//display close message
MessageBox(hwnd, "Program is about to end", "Game_End", MB_OK);
//free memory
if (d3ddev) d3ddev->Release();
if (d3d) d3d->Release();
}
/**
** Windows event handling function
**/
LRESULT WINAPI WinProc( HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
switch( msg )
{
case WM_DESTROY:
gameover = true;
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;
}
return DefWindowProc( hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam );
}
/**
** Main Windows entry function
**/
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
//set the new window's properties
//previously found in the MyRegisterClass function
WNDCLASSEX wc;
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WinProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = NULL;
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = APPTITLE.c_str();
wc.hIconSm = NULL;
RegisterClassEx(&wc);
//create a new window
//previously found in the InitInstance function
HWND window = CreateWindow( APPTITLE.c_str(), APPTITLE.c_str(),
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
SCREENW, SCREENH,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
//was there an error creating the window?
if (window == 0) return 0;
//display the window
ShowWindow(window, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(window);
//initialize the game
if (!Game_Init(window)) return 0;
// main message loop
MSG message;
while (!gameover)
{
if (PeekMessage(&message, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
{
TranslateMessage(&message);
DispatchMessage(&message);
}
Game_Run(window);
}
Game_End(window);
return message.wParam;
}
