DirectX help

You shouldn''t worry about the other versions. DirectX using evil COM to control everythign. because of this, each version of DirectX stacks itself upon the previous one. You should use the most recent version, but if you need an earlier version, just look for that version on microsoft.com and download it instead. The only reason you would need an earlier version is DirectDraw which is in DirectX 7. This site ahs a tutorial on that in the For Beginners section. Take a look at it. I would reccomend you get a book on DirectX as well. Andre LaMothe is a good choice. Get Tricks of the WIndows Game Programming Gurus, 2nd Edition. I use OpenGL, so can''t offer much more help.

Scott Simontis
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The DirectX 9 tutorials will not cover how to use previous versions of DirectX. However, if you''re reading a tutorial for an old version of DirectX, it will work with the new releases of the DirectX SDK; applications using old versions of DirectX still work with new versions of DirectX installed.