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Im posting this here in the hopes of a quicker answer (as opposed to the Graphics forum).
I've been playing around with DirectX in C# for quite some time now with success. All the tutorials in the DXSDK9.0 run fine for C# and VB.Net.
I want to learn how to use DirectX in C++, but when I try and run any C++ example I get the below errors...
1. Error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _Direct3DCreate@4 referenced in function “long_cdecl InitD3D(struct HWND__*)”(?InitD3D@@YAJPAUHHWD__@@@Z)
2. Fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
These errors were generated when I tryed to run the very first tutorial (initialise a DirectX device).
I figure there maybe a header file I need to move somewhere.
Has anyone run into this problem before, and/or knows how I could fix it?
Kind Regards,
Mark.
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MarkBrock wrote: I figure there maybe a header file I need to move somewhere.
Those are linker errors, not compiler errors, so they don't involve missing headers.
You need to link to the appropriate DirectX import libraries.
You can add them to your project, add them to the project's Linker/Input settings,
or add something like the following lines to a source file:
#pragma comment(lib, "d3d9.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "d3dx9.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "dxerr9.lib")
Mark
Mark Salsbery
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Ok, Thanks Mark, i'll try that when I get home from work.
It's just interesting that these error's were appearing in the tutorials included within the DirectX SDK itself. I know for certain that the link to the 'd3d9.lib' was in the code, but i'll try the other two and see what happens.
Thanks.
Mark.
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Hi, I'm getting the following problem.
error C2065: 'string' : undeclared identifier
but I have included "#include <string>" at the beginning of the cpp file. when I compile the code, compiler tells me this error on the following code:
string strPath;
any idea? thanks a lot!
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and I have added "using namespace std;" after "#include <string>". still not working and it tells me that 'std' : does not exist or is not a namespace.
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found why. I put the "#include <string>" before #include "stdafx.h". after I updated it. it's working.
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hello , i am trying to write a bmp to file , sometimes works sometimes it doesn't work properly . i am making recorder for ymsg.
i tried to snapshot the whole screen and look what happens when the webcam window is present in the snapshot , the image is clear before the webcam window , why ? i don't have a clue. and CreateDIBSection returns ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY. and after all this i've written a tester to see when CreateDIBSection returns ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY.
i am thinking that this problem may have 2 issues , 1. my code is wrong , 2. bug in windows and of course this api function.
here is the sample snapshot image:
http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1658[^]
tester to see when CreateDIBSection return an error
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
DWORD error=0;
BOOL test(int nWidth, int nHeight)
{
HDC memDC = CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);
BITMAPINFO i;
ZeroMemory(&i.bmiHeader, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) );
int extrabytes = (4 - (nWidth * 3) % 4) % 4;
i.bmiHeader.biWidth = nWidth;
i.bmiHeader.biHeight = nHeight;
i.bmiHeader.biPlanes = 1;
i.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 24;
i.bmiHeader.biSizeImage = (nWidth * 3 + extrabytes) * nHeight;
i.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
i.bmiHeader.biClrUsed = 0;
i.bmiHeader.biClrImportant = 0;
VOID *pvBits;
error=0;
HBITMAP h = CreateDIBSection(memDC, &i, DIB_RGB_COLORS, &pvBits, NULL, 0);
error=GetLastError();
if (h==NULL)
{
DeleteDC(memDC);
return 1;
}
DeleteObject(h);
DeleteDC(memDC);
return 0;
}
int main()
{
for (int k=1;k<100000;k++)
{
test(k,k);
printf("\n%u eror:%d", k,error);
}
return 0;
}
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csmanul wrote: 1. my code is wrong , 2. bug in windows and of course this api function.
I Know the Sentiment, Contemplated this question for about 1000 times over the last 20 years. Always turned out to be Option 1 though, (Well, except for 2 occasions, which have now been fixed).
Without investigating in detail, your code constructs up to 100000 objects, and keeps the oject when successfull9 Deletes the DIB, but keeps the Object). When it finally fails, it complains. Seems quite natural to me that it behaves as it does! Why would you want 100000 empty DIBSections anyways.
Regards 
Bram van Kampen
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this is only a tester , even if i remove the call from for cycle not even one single call succeeds
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You seem to use incredably large numbers for a tester, and, seeing it is a tester, did you try it with small numbers such as 1 and 2, or even 0?
It occurs to me that you simply exhausted all your resources, (which are large but not infinite)
Regards
Bram van Kampen
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It's not mysterious at all. You have to have enough contiguous virtual address space available to allocate the bitmap. An image 100,000 x 100,000 pixels at 24 bit colour depth requires about 30GB. You've only got 2GB virtual address space to play with and large chunks of that are taken up by loaded DLLs and other memory allocations. If you really need an image this large you will have to come up with a way to do manage it in smaller pieces.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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not even an 1x1 image works , i've already told you , i remove the function call from for cycle and it doesn't succeed , i've also rebooted windows and made a single function call 1x1 image , failed with same error : not enough memory.
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I am a amateur programmer trying to print the contents of a richedit control as suggested by the article "how to print the contents of a rich edit control" by Roger Allen.
Since my richedit control is in a modeless dialog (instead of a SDI) I am unable to simply use the control variable of the richedit control and the SetTargetDevice and FormatRange members of the RichEditCtrl class in MyView::OnPreparePrinting as suggested: "m_Control.FormatRange(NULL, FALSE)" etc.
I have tried a number of (crazy?) things to gain access to the dialog and richedit control that I want to print without success including:
CWnd* qDlg;
qDlg=CWnd::FindWindow(NULL,_T("Dialog Title"));
then trying to access the control etc. Perhaps (probably) this is something simple that I do not yet understand and hope that others can help me solve (and understand) this problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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If you have code running in a view class then the modal dialog must be on another thread, right?
If so, you should be able to post app-defined messages to the dialog (instead of accessing the
control directly from a separate thread).
Mark
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Mark Salsbery wrote: If so, you should be able to post app-defined messages to the dialog (instead of accessing the
control directly from a separate thread).
 It's such a shame there is no way to maintain the application session data in a single location we might call, oh I don't know... a model. That sort of design would negate having to tightly couple different user interface views being that their requirements could change in the future. Wait..... 
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Am I the only one not getting email notifications when someone replies to my posts here?
No, I'm not getting any either.
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Thanks
I got a few today - yay!
Mark
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Am I the only one not getting email notifications when someone replies to my posts here?
No, I never got this one.
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Thanks man. Did you get this one? 
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Leave me alone dude, I have emails from CodeProject to read.... wait.... 
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Thanks for responding led mike.
You state,
led mike wrote: It's such a shame there is no way to maintain the application session data in a single location
Is this true?
Or is there a way to accomplish maintaining the session data in a single location – perhaps the model and design you refer to.
At the beginning of my project, I spent a great deal of time “Applying UML and Patterns.” However, a serious illness permanently interrupted the collaboration I had with an expert programmer who encouraged me to develop expanded use cases, flow charts and a “conceptual model” of my program.
Recognizing that your message might be sarcastic, I reviewed these documents and realized that my program already contains series of functions that provide access to the user and internal data the program employs in its operation.
It appears that the interruption of the collaboration with the expert programmer may have occurred at a critical moment in that I had not yet, and still do not, fully understand what I have been doing as I worked to continue the development of my program without my expert collaborator. Perhaps if I had studied programming in college as my collaborator (and many others) did, my task might be easier.
However, the modeless dialog I mentioned is the interface to a flat file database I created and from which I hope to print information from numerous records I have synthesized into single record. Therefore, returning transient data present in the richedit control at a certain point in time remains useful (although the advantage of this was not evident during the design of the program).
If I understood how to solve my problem (or had correctly anticipated future needs in my model and design) there would no reason to turn to experts like you or a site like CodeProject for a bit of help, a friendly conversation or an educational response. Working in isolation can be a challenge in any discipline (physical biochemistry is a personal favorite), and it is good to have a place where you can ask questions and receive accurate, precise, concise and information rich responses. It is easy to laugh at those who seek to learn from you (and even misdirect them as a means of providing future entertainment), so a community like CodeProject in which shared enjoyment of programming, interpersonal respect and dedication to mutual aid trumps petty personal attacks is critically important.
Thank you again for your response, which suggests that one or more of the functions my program currently employs in numerous locations for the manipulation of data might be useful in achieving my goal. While this was already apparent, your response has spurred me to explore my design as a means of achieving my goal.
Thanks again.
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lctrncs wrote: Recognizing that your message might be sarcastic
Yes, and my reply was to Mark. Mark and I joke around some in the forums. At that time in the thread there was no indication that you would be interested in anything other than what Mark suggest, as many here on CodeProject are not.
I am happy to see that you are and that you have help. Things will go well for you given the track you are on. Don't worry about not having a formal education. With your attitude, the availability of information on the internet and your colleagues you will do fine.
It is very likely that your colleague helped you implement a Model-View-Controller[^] pattern. If so you will find that it satisfies all your requirements.
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