i installed dx7sdk''s .lib and .h files ,and define the pathes in MSVC6 OPTIONS(TOP),but when programming ,all of DD7''s methods haven''t any MACRO USAGE HINT! And DirectDrawCreateEx cannot be used ! i ''ve link ddraw.lib and dxguid.lib yet and also include ddraw.h etc. . What is more that a good DD7 projet ,from my friend , can not run (black screen then return to Windows)but can compiling without any wrong. (i have installed dd7 dll). Why? Anybody can help me?