Thread: directx 8

I'm using the andy pike tutorials of Directx 8 and i'm using Dev C++. The problem is i can't get the first tutorial to compile. In Dev C++ i create a windows application but when i try and compile the below it says that the header file d3d8.h doesn't exist.

Code:

#include <d3d8.h>

LPDIRECT3D8 g_pD3D = NULL;
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 g_pD3DDevice = NULL;

HRESULT InitialiseD3D(HWND hWnd)
{
    //First of all, create the main D3D object. If it is created successfully we
    //should get a pointer to an IDirect3D8 interface.
    g_pD3D = Direct3DCreate8(D3D_SDK_VERSION);
    if(g_pD3D == NULL)
    {
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    //Get the current display mode
    D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm;
    if(FAILED(g_pD3D->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &d3ddm)))
    {
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    //Create a structure to hold the settings for our device
    D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
    ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp));

    //Fill the structure.
    //We want our program to be windowed, and set the back buffer to a format
    //that matches our current display mode
    d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
    d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_COPY_VSYNC;
    d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = d3ddm.Format;

    //Create a Direct3D device.
    if(FAILED(g_pD3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hWnd,
                                   D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &d3dpp, &g_pD3DDevice)))
    {
        return E_FAIL;
    }
    
    return S_OK;
}

void Render()
{
    if(g_pD3DDevice == NULL)
    {
        return;
    }

    //Clear the backbuffer to a green color
    g_pD3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 255, 0), 1.0f, 0);
    
    //Begin the scene
    g_pD3DDevice->BeginScene();
    
    //Rendering of our game objects will go here
    
    //End the scene
    g_pD3DDevice->EndScene();
    
    //Filp the back and front buffers so that whatever has been rendered on the back buffer
    //will now be visible on screen (front buffer).
    g_pD3DDevice->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}

void CleanUp()
{
    if(g_pD3DDevice != NULL)
    {
        g_pD3DDevice->Release();
        g_pD3DDevice = NULL;
    }

    if(g_pD3D != NULL)
    {
        g_pD3D->Release();
        g_pD3D = NULL;
    }
}

void GameLoop()
{
    //Enter the game loop
    MSG msg;
    BOOL fMessage;

    PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0U, 0U, PM_NOREMOVE);
    
    while(msg.message != WM_QUIT)
    {
        fMessage = PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0U, 0U, PM_REMOVE);

        if(fMessage)
        {
            //Process message
            TranslateMessage(&msg);
            DispatchMessage(&msg);
        }
        else
        {
            //No message to process, so render the current scene
            Render();
        }

    }
}

//The windows message handler
LRESULT WINAPI WinProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(msg)
    {
        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
            return 0;
        break;
        case WM_KEYUP:
            switch (wParam)
            {
                case VK_ESCAPE:
                    //User has pressed the escape key, so quit
                    DestroyWindow(hWnd);
                    return 0;
                break;
            }
        break;

    }

    return DefWindowProc(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}

//Application entry point
INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, INT)
{
    //Register the window class
    WNDCLASSEX wc = {sizeof(WNDCLASSEX), CS_CLASSDC, WinProc, 0L, 0L,
                     GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                     "DX Project 1", NULL};
    RegisterClassEx(&wc);

    //Create the application's window
    HWND hWnd = CreateWindow("DX Project 1", "www.andypike.com: Tutorial 1",
                              WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 50, 50, 500, 500,
                              GetDesktopWindow(), NULL, wc.hInstance, NULL);

    //Initialize Direct3D
    if(SUCCEEDED(InitialiseD3D(hWnd)))
    {
        //Show our window
        ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
        UpdateWindow(hWnd);

        //Start game running: Enter the game loop
        GameLoop();
    }
    
    CleanUp();

    UnregisterClass("DX Project 1", wc.hInstance);
    
    return 0;
}

Have you tried setting "Additional Include Paths" to point to where the DirectX 8 SDK is installed? You normally have to set paths for both the Includes and Library files. I'm not sure how to do this exactly with Dev-Cpp but either read the documentation or just poke around.