I down loaded the DirectX 8.0 sdk and put the the lib and header files in the appropriate directories but when ever i try to compile in Visual C++ i get the following linking error. ddraw.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or disk full: cannot seek to 0x39dbee1d Has anyone out there had this problem before or possibly know what is causing it? I know for a fact that i''m using the right header and dll files.

I don''t use Visual C++ but I would assume a utility comes with it for generating lib files off of dlls. If there is then try generating a new lib file off of the dll.

Edited by - the_grip on May 30, 2001 9:23:06 AM

May be a dumb question but are the drives that your development tools, the DX8 SDK, or the drive that houses your operating system full (or within a few hundred MB''s)? Maybe you got a corrupted download too...

"You call him Dr. Grip, doll!"

Make certain that the order of the library directories matches the order of the include directories

Tools->Options->Directories

And if you want everything to work well, make sure the Dx8 ones are above the Dx7 ones and above any platform sdk ones.



Magmai Kai Holmlor
- The disgruntled & disillusioned

I think Magmai has your answer, b/c i''ve had the same thing before in the past and that is what fixed it.

I found the solution afterwards. The problem is that the new directX8 lib files were created with VC++6.0 which is not backwards compatible with VC++5.0. I guess i have to get a copy of VC++5.0 .