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Windows Programming CIS 487/587 Bruce R. Maxim UM-Dearborn Getting Started You need Visual C++ and DirectX installed on your computer DirectX can be installed from the text CD or downloaded from the Internet You will need to known the paths for the .lib and .h files on your computer (e.g. DXSDK/LIB and DXSDK/INCLUDES) Inside Visual C++ You need to create a Win32 app workspace and use the project settings dialog box to adjust the directory links so that necessary .lib files are available during complies Winmm.lib, Ddraw.lib, Dinput.lib, Dsound.lib The runtime .dll files needs to be in the Windows/system32 directory winmm.dll, Ddraw.dll, Dinput.dll, Dsound.dll John Hamill’s Visual Studio 6.0 DirectX Configuration Guide Install C++ and DirectX SDK Install MS Visual Studio C++ 6.0 Install DirectX SDK 9.0. The installation puts it in C:\DXSDK by default. Install the DirectX 9.0 runtime that comes with the DirectX SDK in the following area after DirectX is installed: C:\DXSDK\Redist\DirectX9\dxsetup.exe Select Option in Tools Menu Select Directories Tab and Show Directories Library Files Add the Directory where the DirectX libraries were installed “C:\DXSDK\LIB” by clicking the empty dashed box twice Click the […] to browse for the location of the lib directory. Browse and select the folder where the DXSDK\LIB is locatedClick OK Hit Enter and then the up arrow key to leave […] input widget Click the up arrow icon 2 times to move this to the top Click OK Now follow a similar procedure for the include directory Select the Project-Setting… Select the Link tab Add “ddraw.lib dsound.lib dinput.lib dinput8.lib winmm.lib “ in the “Object/library modules:” fieldbefore all the other libraries that are already in this field Now build and run the program. DOS vs Windows Windows is multi-tasking and supports multi-threaded applications Windows programs are event driven which means they contain an infinite loop that continuously polls the system for events and messages