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reply "Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> writes:
Hello...

Is it possible, to write DirectX programms with DMC?

If yes, what do I need for it?

thx
Jul 19 2002
parent reply "Nic Tiger" <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> writes:
You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C Builder 5) and
convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the same SDK
(or, again, from Builder).

If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself from
.DLL using implib.exe utility.

It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8 application.

Nic Tiger.

"Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> wrote in message
news:ah9ran$31fb$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Hello...

 Is it possible, to write DirectX programms with DMC?

 If yes, what do I need for it?

 thx
Jul 20 2002
parent reply "Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> writes:
Thank you, but there is another problem I encountered (I got the DirectX 8.1
SDK):

When I compile the example-code from

    samples\Multimedia\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tut01_CreateDevice

DMC compiles the code, so that it want a function called

    _Direct3DCreate8 4

which is available in th MS .lib-file, but not in the converted one.

Is there any solution for this problem (or is this one of the functions
which don't work)?

Can you (or anyone else) give me a short sample, how to start with DirectX?

thanx

Ronny Krüger


Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
ahcbf1$2ve7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C Builder 5)


and

 convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the same


SDK

 (or, again, from Builder).

 If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself from
 .DLL using implib.exe utility.

 It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
 I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8


application.

 Nic Tiger.
Jul 21 2002
next sibling parent Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Create your own .LIB from the .DLL with IMPLIB and a .DEF file.
I think there is an example on the website somewhere.
Jan



"Ronny Krüger" wrote:


 Thank you, but there is another problem I encountered (I got the DirectX 8.1
 SDK):

 When I compile the example-code from

     samples\Multimedia\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tut01_CreateDevice

 DMC compiles the code, so that it want a function called

     _Direct3DCreate8 4

 which is available in th MS .lib-file, but not in the converted one.

 Is there any solution for this problem (or is this one of the functions
 which don't work)?

 Can you (or anyone else) give me a short sample, how to start with DirectX?

 thanx

 Ronny Krüger

 Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
 ahcbf1$2ve7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C Builder 5)


 and

 convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the same


 SDK

 (or, again, from Builder).

 If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself from
 .DLL using implib.exe utility.

 It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
 I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8


 application.

 Nic Tiger.
Jul 21 2002
prev sibling parent reply "Nic Tiger" <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> writes:
As for me, I can see mentioned symbol (_Direct3DCreate8 4) in converted lib.
I convert it like 'coff2omf d3d8.lib'

But anyway, if you have any troubles with converting import libraries, you
can build these libraries by yourself (like I did for DirectX 7).

I used Borland C Builder's impdef utility (attached) to create .DEF file
from .DLL.
Then I modified .DEF file so that first column contained mangled names (i.e.
_Direct3DCreate8 4 instead of Direct3DCreate8) and ran implib utility.
Sample .DEF file for DirectX 7 (ddraw.dll) is attached.

One more note. Place converted libs in your current (tutorial's folder) or
dm/lib folder.
Compile tutorial with this command line:

  sc -I\DX8_SDK\Include CreateDevice.cpp d3d8.lib

where -I points to your SDK.

Note that we include d3d8.lib into command line. This tells linker to pull
this lib in. Otherwise it will not be used (because it is not standard lib
to link with).

"Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> wrote in message
news:ahf2i4$2g7i$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Thank you, but there is another problem I encountered (I got the DirectX


8.1

 SDK):

 When I compile the example-code from

     samples\Multimedia\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tut01_CreateDevice

 DMC compiles the code, so that it want a function called

     _Direct3DCreate8 4

 which is available in th MS .lib-file, but not in the converted one.

 Is there any solution for this problem (or is this one of the functions
 which don't work)?

 Can you (or anyone else) give me a short sample, how to start with


DirectX?

 thanx

 Ronny Krüger


 Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
 ahcbf1$2ve7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C Builder 5)


 and

 convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the same


 SDK

 (or, again, from Builder).

 If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself




from

 .DLL using implib.exe utility.

 It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
 I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8


 application.

 Nic Tiger.





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Jul 21 2002
next sibling parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Nic,

You can NOT submit copyrighted material to this newsgroup!

Jan



Nic Tiger wrote:


 As for me, I can see mentioned symbol (_Direct3DCreate8 4) in converted lib.
 I convert it like 'coff2omf d3d8.lib'

 But anyway, if you have any troubles with converting import libraries, you
 can build these libraries by yourself (like I did for DirectX 7).

 I used Borland C Builder's impdef utility (attached) to create .DEF file
 from .DLL.
 Then I modified .DEF file so that first column contained mangled names (i.e.
 _Direct3DCreate8 4 instead of Direct3DCreate8) and ran implib utility.
 Sample .DEF file for DirectX 7 (ddraw.dll) is attached.

 One more note. Place converted libs in your current (tutorial's folder) or
 dm/lib folder.
 Compile tutorial with this command line:

   sc -I\DX8_SDK\Include CreateDevice.cpp d3d8.lib

 where -I points to your SDK.

 Note that we include d3d8.lib into command line. This tells linker to pull
 this lib in. Otherwise it will not be used (because it is not standard lib
 to link with).

 "Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> wrote in message
 news:ahf2i4$2g7i$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Thank you, but there is another problem I encountered (I got the DirectX


 8.1

 SDK):

 When I compile the example-code from

     samples\Multimedia\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tut01_CreateDevice

 DMC compiles the code, so that it want a function called

     _Direct3DCreate8 4

 which is available in th MS .lib-file, but not in the converted one.

 Is there any solution for this problem (or is this one of the functions
 which don't work)?

 Can you (or anyone else) give me a short sample, how to start with


 DirectX?

 thanx

 Ronny Krüger


 Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
 ahcbf1$2ve7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C Builder 5)


 and

 convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the same


 SDK

 (or, again, from Builder).

 If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself




 from

 .DLL using implib.exe utility.

 It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
 I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8


 application.

 Nic Tiger.




                  Name: IMPDEF.ZIP
    IMPDEF.ZIP    Type: WinZip File (application/x-unknown-content-type-WinZip)
              Encoding: x-uuencode

 LIBRARY     DDRAW.DLL

 EXPORTS
     _AcquireDDThreadLock 0        = AcquireDDThreadLock                 ;
AcquireDDThreadLock
     _D3DParseUnknownCommand       = D3DParseUnknownCommand              ;
D3DParseUnknownCommand
     _DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl      = DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl             ;
DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl
     _DDInternalLock 8             = DDInternalLock                      ;
DDInternalLock
     _DDInternalUnlock 4           = DDInternalUnlock                    ;
DDInternalUnlock
     _DSoundHelp                   = DSoundHelp                          ;
DSoundHelp
     _DirectDrawCreate 12          = DirectDrawCreate                    ;
DirectDrawCreate
     _DirectDrawCreateClipper 12   = DirectDrawCreateClipper             ;
DirectDrawCreateClipper
     _DirectDrawCreateEx 16        = DirectDrawCreateEx                  ;
DirectDrawCreateEx
     _DirectDrawEnumerateA 8       = DirectDrawEnumerateA                ;
DirectDrawEnumerateA
     _DirectDrawEnumerateExA       = DirectDrawEnumerateExA              ;
DirectDrawEnumerateExA
     _DirectDrawEnumerateExW       = DirectDrawEnumerateExW              ;
DirectDrawEnumerateExW
     _DirectDrawEnumerateW 8       = DirectDrawEnumerateW                ;
DirectDrawEnumerateW
     _DllCanUnloadNow 0            = DllCanUnloadNow                     ;
DllCanUnloadNow
     _DllGetClassObject 12         = DllGetClassObject                   ;
DllGetClassObject
     _GetDDSurfaceLocal            = GetDDSurfaceLocal                   ;
GetDDSurfaceLocal
     _GetOLEThunkData              = GetOLEThunkData                     ;
GetOLEThunkData
     _GetSurfaceFromDC             = GetSurfaceFromDC                    ;
GetSurfaceFromDC
     _RegisterSpecialCase          = RegisterSpecialCase                 ;
RegisterSpecialCase
     _ReleaseDDThreadLock 0        = ReleaseDDThreadLock                 ;
ReleaseDDThreadLock
Jul 21 2002
parent "Nic Tiger" <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> writes:
Oops! I will not in the future. Excuse me.

"Jan Knepper" <jan smartsoft.cc> wrote in message
news:3D3B2269.138B457E smartsoft.cc...

 Nic,

 You can NOT submit copyrighted material to this newsgroup!

 Jan



 Nic Tiger wrote:


 As for me, I can see mentioned symbol (_Direct3DCreate8 4) in converted




lib.

 I convert it like 'coff2omf d3d8.lib'

 But anyway, if you have any troubles with converting import libraries,




you

 can build these libraries by yourself (like I did for DirectX 7).

 I used Borland C Builder's impdef utility (attached) to create .DEF file
 from .DLL.
 Then I modified .DEF file so that first column contained mangled names




(i.e.

 _Direct3DCreate8 4 instead of Direct3DCreate8) and ran implib utility.
 Sample .DEF file for DirectX 7 (ddraw.dll) is attached.

 One more note. Place converted libs in your current (tutorial's folder)




or

 dm/lib folder.
 Compile tutorial with this command line:

   sc -I\DX8_SDK\Include CreateDevice.cpp d3d8.lib

 where -I points to your SDK.

 Note that we include d3d8.lib into command line. This tells linker to




pull

 this lib in. Otherwise it will not be used (because it is not standard




lib

 to link with).

 "Ronny Kr?ger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de> wrote in message
 news:ahf2i4$2g7i$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Thank you, but there is another problem I encountered (I got the






DirectX

 8.1

 SDK):

 When I compile the example-code from

     samples\Multimedia\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tut01_CreateDevice

 DMC compiles the code, so that it want a function called

     _Direct3DCreate8 4

 which is available in th MS .lib-file, but not in the converted one.

 Is there any solution for this problem (or is this one of the






functions

 which don't work)?

 Can you (or anyone else) give me a short sample, how to start with


 DirectX?

 thanx

 Ronny Kr?ger


 Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
 ahcbf1$2ve7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 You can get .lib files from MS DIRECTX SDK (or from Borland C








Builder 5)

 and

 convert them to OMF format. Then you have to get .H files from the








same

 SDK

 (or, again, from Builder).

 If you use limited set of DirectX functions, can build .lib yourself




 from

 .DLL using implib.exe utility.

 It's enough. I built DirectX 7 application using DMC pretty easy.
 I think if you take DirectX 8 SDK, you can also build DirectX 8


 application.

 Nic Tiger.




                  Name: IMPDEF.ZIP
    IMPDEF.ZIP    Type: WinZip File




(application/x-unknown-content-type-WinZip)

              Encoding: x-uuencode

 LIBRARY     DDRAW.DLL

 EXPORTS
     _AcquireDDThreadLock 0        = AcquireDDThreadLock




; AcquireDDThreadLock

     _D3DParseUnknownCommand       = D3DParseUnknownCommand




; D3DParseUnknownCommand

     _DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl      = DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl




; DDGetAttachedSurfaceLcl

     _DDInternalLock 8             = DDInternalLock




; DDInternalLock

     _DDInternalUnlock 4           = DDInternalUnlock




; DDInternalUnlock

     _DSoundHelp                   = DSoundHelp




; DSoundHelp

     _DirectDrawCreate 12          = DirectDrawCreate




; DirectDrawCreate

     _DirectDrawCreateClipper 12   = DirectDrawCreateClipper




; DirectDrawCreateClipper

     _DirectDrawCreateEx 16        = DirectDrawCreateEx




; DirectDrawCreateEx

     _DirectDrawEnumerateA 8       = DirectDrawEnumerateA




; DirectDrawEnumerateA

     _DirectDrawEnumerateExA       = DirectDrawEnumerateExA




; DirectDrawEnumerateExA

     _DirectDrawEnumerateExW       = DirectDrawEnumerateExW




; DirectDrawEnumerateExW

     _DirectDrawEnumerateW 8       = DirectDrawEnumerateW




; DirectDrawEnumerateW

     _DllCanUnloadNow 0            = DllCanUnloadNow




; DllCanUnloadNow

     _DllGetClassObject 12         = DllGetClassObject




; DllGetClassObject

     _GetDDSurfaceLocal            = GetDDSurfaceLocal




; GetDDSurfaceLocal

     _GetOLEThunkData              = GetOLEThunkData




; GetOLEThunkData

     _GetSurfaceFromDC             = GetSurfaceFromDC




; GetSurfaceFromDC

     _RegisterSpecialCase          = RegisterSpecialCase




; RegisterSpecialCase

     _ReleaseDDThreadLock 0        = ReleaseDDThreadLock




; ReleaseDDThreadLock





 Jul 21 2002



prev sibling  parent  "Ronny Krüger" <rk_DarkAngel freenet.de>  writes:


Thank you... I've found out why it didn't worked:

The DX8-Lib-Files are in a newer format (as described in the DMC-Manual of
coff2omf).
I've used MS link.exe to convert them first and the coff2omf.

The examples I've tested also work fine.


Nic Tiger <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
ahf6f2$2k3b$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 As for me, I can see mentioned symbol (_Direct3DCreate8 4) in converted


lib.

 I convert it like 'coff2omf d3d8.lib'

 But anyway, if you have any troubles with converting import libraries, you
 can build these libraries by yourself (like I did for DirectX 7).

 I used Borland C Builder's impdef utility (attached) to create .DEF file
 from .DLL.
 Then I modified .DEF file so that first column contained mangled names


(i.e.

 _Direct3DCreate8 4 instead of Direct3DCreate8) and ran implib utility.
 Sample .DEF file for DirectX 7 (ddraw.dll) is attached.

 One more note. Place converted libs in your current (tutorial's folder) or
 dm/lib folder.
 Compile tutorial with this command line:

   sc -I\DX8_SDK\Include CreateDevice.cpp d3d8.lib

 where -I points to your SDK.

 Note that we include d3d8.lib into command line. This tells linker to pull
 this lib in. Otherwise it will not be used (because it is not standard lib
 to link with).





 Jul 22 2002