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:

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#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)

}

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

Code:

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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

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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:

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

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Tonto

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

Code:

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

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Yeah, but there's another declaration tha goes

Code:

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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
);

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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...