Visual C++ 2008 and DX9 compatibility

[vanzagar]

Will Visual C++ 2008 Express run programs based on the DirectX 9.0B SDK?

I can't seem to get sample files from an old book I used to use working in Visual C++ 2008:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781931841092&itm=2

Any suggestions on how to get this program compiling would be hugely appreciated...

Here's the compiler error:

c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v6.0a\include\winnt.h(236) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'PVOID64'

In the file winnt.h, here's code from the file (errors on the part I've added the -->):


#ifdef DEPRECATE_DDK_FUNCTIONS
#ifdef _NTDDK_
#define DECLSPEC_DEPRECATED_DDK DECLSPEC_DEPRECATED
#ifdef DEPRECATE_SUPPORTED
#define PRAGMA_DEPRECATED_DDK 1
#endif
#else
#define DECLSPEC_DEPRECATED_DDK
#define PRAGMA_DEPRECATED_DDK 1
#endif
#else
#define DECLSPEC_DEPRECATED_DDK
#define PRAGMA_DEPRECATED_DDK 0
#endif

//
// Void
//

--> typedef void *PVOID;
typedef void * POINTER_64 PVOID64;

Here's the source code:


/**************************************************
WinMain.cpp
Chapter 6 2-D Drawing Demo (Draw2D)

Programming Role-Playing Games with DirectX
by Jim Adams (01 Jan 2002)

Required libraries:
D3D9.LIB and D3DX9.LIB
************************************************** /

// Include files
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "d3d9.h"
#include "d3dx9.h"

// Window handles, class and caption text
HWND g_hWnd;
HINSTANCE g_hInst;
static char g_szClass[] = "Draw2DClass";
static char g_szCaption[] = "Draw2D Demo by Jim Adams";

// The Direct3D and Device object
IDirect3D9 *g_pD3D = NULL;
IDirect3DDevice9 *g_pD3DDevice = NULL;

// The 2-D vertex format and descriptor
typedef struct {
FLOAT x, y, z; // 2-D coordinates
FLOAT rhw; // rhw
FLOAT u, v; // Texture coordinates
} sVertex;
#define VERTEXFVF (D3DFVF_XYZRHW | D3DFVF_TEX1)

// Vertex buffer
IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *g_pVB = NULL;

// Texture
IDirect3DTexture9 *g_pTexture = NULL;

// Function prototypes
int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, \
LPSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow);
long FAR PASCAL WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, \
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

BOOL DoInit();
BOOL DoShutdown();
BOOL DoFrame();
BOOL SetupMeshes();

int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, \
LPSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX wcex;
MSG Msg;

g_hInst = hInst;

// Create the window class here and register it
wcex.cbSize = sizeof(wcex);
wcex.style = CS_CLASSDC;
wcex.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
wcex.cbClsExtra = 0;
wcex.cbWndExtra = 0;
wcex.hInstance = hInst;
wcex.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wcex.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wcex.hbrBackground = NULL;
wcex.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wcex.lpszClassName = g_szClass;
wcex.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
if(!RegisterClassEx(&wcex))
return FALSE;

// Create the Main Window
g_hWnd = CreateWindow(g_szClass, g_szCaption,
WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU,
0, 0, 400, 400,
NULL, NULL,
hInst, NULL );
if(!g_hWnd)
return FALSE;
ShowWindow(g_hWnd, SW_NORMAL);
UpdateWindow(g_hWnd);

// Run init function and return on error
if(DoInit() == FALSE)
return FALSE;

// Start message pump, waiting for signal to quit
ZeroMemory(&Msg, sizeof(MSG));
while(Msg.message != WM_QUIT) {
if(PeekMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}
if(DoFrame() == FALSE)
break;
}

// Run shutdown function
DoShutdown();

UnregisterClass(g_szClass, hInst);

return Msg.wParam;
}

long FAR PASCAL WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, \
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(uMsg) {
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;

}

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

BOOL DoInit()
{
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm;
BYTE *Ptr;
sVertex Verts[4] = {
{ 50.0f, 50.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
{ 350.0f, 50.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 20.0f, 0.0f },
{ 50.0f, 350.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 20.0f },
{ 350.0f, 350.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 20.0f, 20.0f }
};

// Do a windowed mode initialization of Direct3D
if((g_pD3D = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION)) == NULL)
return FALSE;
if(FAILED(g_pD3D->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &d3ddm)))
return FALSE;
ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp));
d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = d3ddm.Format;
d3dpp.EnableAutoDepthStencil = FALSE;
if(FAILED(g_pD3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, g_hWnd,
D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
&d3dpp, &g_pD3DDevice)))
return FALSE;

// Create the vertex buffer and set data
g_pD3DDevice->CreateVertexBuffer(sizeof(sVertex)*4, 0, \
VERTEXFVF, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &g_pVB, NULL);
g_pVB->Lock(0,0, (VOID**)&Ptr, 0);
memcpy(Ptr, Verts, sizeof(Verts));
g_pVB->Unlock();

// Load the texture map
D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(g_pD3DDevice, "Texture.bmp", &g_pTexture);

return TRUE;
}

BOOL DoShutdown()
{
// Release vertex buffer
if(g_pVB != NULL)
g_pVB->Release();

// Release texture
if(g_pTexture != NULL)
g_pTexture->Release();

// Release device and 3D objects
if(g_pD3DDevice != NULL)
g_pD3DDevice->Release();

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

return TRUE;
}

BOOL DoFrame()
{
// Clear device backbuffer
g_pD3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, \
D3DCOLOR_RGBA(0,64,128,255), 1.0f, 0);

// Begin scene
if(SUCCEEDED(g_pD3DDevice->BeginScene())) {

// Set the vertex stream, shader, and texture
g_pD3DDevice->SetStreamSource(0, g_pVB, 0, sizeof(sVertex));
g_pD3DDevice->SetFVF(VERTEXFVF);
g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(0, g_pTexture);

// Draw the vertex buffer
g_pD3DDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, 2);

// Release texture
g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(0, NULL);

// End the scene
g_pD3DDevice->EndScene();
}

// Display the scene
g_pD3DDevice->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

return TRUE;
}

[vanzagar]

This program used to run fine in Visual C++ 6.0 (what I used to use), I'm wondering if I should go back to it or even Visual C++ 2005. Do you think the above program would run in Visual C++ 2005?

I can't seem to find any books on Visual C++ 2008 except this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Ivor-Hortons-Beginning-Visual-2008/dp/0470225904/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198813624&sr=8-1

If I went back to using Visual C++ 6.0, what limitations would I run into please? One thing I read was that Visual C++ 2008 now supports dual cores so I guess that would be one, but for my small applications that would be minimal...

Really appreciate any advice...

Thanks,

Vanz

[Reedbeta]

Visual C++ 6 is actually a quite bad compiler - it wasn't very standard compliant, and there were a lot of things related to advanced C++ features that it just couldn't do. As for the differences between 2003, 2005, and 2008, they are mostly things that I personally don't care that much about (for the time being), so I don't know off the top of my head what they are - but I'm sure someone else on the forum can fill you in.

The error you're getting is usually caused (in my experience) by including header files in the wrong order. If you change it to put stdio.h before windows.h, does that change anything?

Also, just to let you know, you can use the [code] tag for code samples rather than using [quote].

[Nick]

c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v6.0a\include\winnt.h(236) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'PVOID64'
winnt.h(222): Error C2146 ... (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=63785&SiteID=1)

[.oisyn]

And Nick demonstrates with his post how easy it is to find information by simply copy-pasting the error message into google :)

[vanzagar]

And Nick demonstrates with his post how easy it is to find information by simply copy-pasting the error message into google :)

Doh! I didn't even think to try google for compiler errors - lesson learned...

Thanks,

V