How come when I tried to install DX8 SDK, it suggest that I unintall the DX7 SDK? What if I want to use both at once?

the dx8 installer says that, because it will have to overwrite old files and some files will stay, clogging up the folder with things unecessary. If you have the dx8 sdk, you dont need dx7 sdk, because the only thing that dx7 has over 8 is ddraw, but 8 includes anything necessary to compile a dx7 app, including the dx7 libs and such. hope that answered your question

I previously wrote an engine using DX7 and hoping to be able to use in before I learn DX8. The engine uses DirectDraw, which isn''t available in DX8 would that still work? What if I install the 2 SDK in separate folders?

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Original post by vbisme

I previously wrote an engine using DX7 and hoping to be able to use in before I learn DX8. The engine uses DirectDraw, which isn''t available in DX8 would that still work? What if I install the 2 SDK in separate folders?

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The DX8 SDK has ALL of the files (Headers and libs) from DX7! So don''t worry, your game will still work with the DX8 SDK
So you basically only need the DX8 SDK...



- Goblineye Entertainment
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The only part of DX7 that won''t work with DX8 installed in DirectInput

the work around is to place

#define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0700

prior to all you includes in the main cpp file of your project.

Ben
http://therabbithole.redback.inficad.com

DirectX is always compatible with any older Version of DirectX!

But the Problem with the DirectX8 SDK is, that there is no DirectDraw documentation included! :-(

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But the Problem with the DirectX8 SDK is, that there is no DirectDraw documentation included! :-(

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In that case you can just make a copy of the help files from DirectX7.



- Goblineye Entertainment
The road to success is always under construction

You can download the DirectX 7 Helpfiles from the MS website, its in the same place as the DirectX 8 SDK.

It''s all there, it''s all good.

DirectSound/DirectMusic in DirectX8 are together and cleaner (DirectAudio), so you may wish to use the DX8 Help for using them instead of the older more clunkier methods, tho the books out there won''t be of much use to you.


Ptim




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