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This is a program i copied out of the book Windows Game Programming For Dummies it compiles with no problems but when i try to build it comes up with the following errors
Linking...
winx.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _DirectDrawCreate@12
Debug/winconsole.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.
Creating browse info file...
here''s the code
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// PROG8_1.CPP - Creates a DirectDraw object
// INCLUDES ///////////////////////////////////////////////
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include // include important windows stuff
#include
#include
#include // include important C/C++ stuff
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include // directX includes
// DEFINES ////////////////////////////////////////////////
// defines for windows
#define WINDOW_CLASS_NAME "WINXCLASS" // class name
#define WINDOW_WIDTH 320 // size of window
#define WINDOW_HEIGHT 200
// MACROS /////////////////////////////////////////////////
// these read the keyboard asynchronously
#define KEY_DOWN(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0)
#define KEY_UP(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 0 : 1)
// PROTOTYPES /////////////////////////////////////////////
int Game_Init(void *parms=NULL);
int Game_Shutdown(void *parms=NULL);
int Game_Main(void *parms=NULL);
// GLOBALS ////////////////////////////////////////////////
HWND main_window_handle = NULL; // save the window handle
HINSTANCE main_instance = NULL; // save the instance
char buffer[80]; // used to print text
LPDIRECTDRAW lpdd; // pointer to direct draw object
// FUNCTIONS //////////////////////////////////////////////
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd,
UINT msg,
WPARAM wparam,
LPARAM lparam)
{
// this is the main message handler of the system
PAINTSTRUCT ps; // used in WM_PAINT
HDC hdc; // handle to a device context
// what is the message
switch(msg)
{
case WM_CREATE:
{
// do initialization stuff here
return(0);
} break;
case WM_PAINT:
{
// start painting
hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd,&ps);
// end painting
EndPaint(hwnd,&ps);
return(0);
} break;
case WM_DESTROY:
{
// kill the application
PostQuitMessage(0);
return(0);
} break;
default:break;
} // end switch
// process any messages that we didn''t take care of
return (DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam));
} // end WinProc
// WINMAIN ////////////////////////////////////////////////
int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hinstance,
HINSTANCE hprevinstance,
LPSTR lpcmdline,
int ncmdshow)
{
WNDCLASS winclass; // this will hold the class we create
HWND hwnd; // generic window handle
MSG msg; // generic message
HDC hdc; // generic dc
PAINTSTRUCT ps; // generic paintstruct
// first fill in the window class stucture
winclass.style = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_OWNDC |
CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
winclass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
winclass.cbClsExtra = 0;
winclass.cbWndExtra = 0;
winclass.hInstance = hinstance;
winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
winclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
winclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
winclass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
winclass.lpszClassName = WINDOW_CLASS_NAME;
// register the window class
if (!RegisterClass(&winclass))
return(0);
// create the window
if (!(hwnd = CreateWindow(WINDOW_CLASS_NAME, // class
"WinX Game Console", // title
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE,
0,0, // x,y
WINDOW_WIDTH, // width
WINDOW_HEIGHT, // height
NULL, // handle to parent
NULL, // handle to menu
hinstance,// instance
NULL))) // creation parms
return(0);
// save the window handle and instance in a global
main_window_handle = hwnd;
main_instance = hinstance;
// perform all game console specific initialization
Game_Init();
// enter main event loop
while(1)
{
if (PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE))
{
// test if this is a quit
if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
break;
// translate any accelerator keys
TranslateMessage(&msg);
// send the message to the window proc
DispatchMessage(&msg);
} // end if
// main game processing goes here
Game_Main();
} // end while
// shutdown game and release all resources
Game_Shutdown();
// return to Windows like this
return(msg.wParam);
} // end WinMain
// GAME PROGRAMMING CONSOLE FUNCTIONS ////////////////
int Game_Init(void *parms)
{
// this function is where you do all the initialization
// for your game
// create object and test for error
if ( DirectDrawCreate (NULL,&lpdd,NULL)!=DD_OK)
return(0);
// return success
return(1);
} // end Game_Init
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int Game_Shutdown(void *parms)
{
// this function is where you shutdown your game and
// release all resources that you allocated
// release the directdraw object
if (lpdd!=NULL)
lpdd->Release();
// return success
return(1);
} // end Game_Shutdown
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int Game_Main(void *parms)
{
// this is the workhorse of your game it will be called
// continuously in real-time this is like main() in C
// all the calls for you game go here!
// your code goes here
// return success
return(1);
} // end Game_Main
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
i am using visual c++ 6 and have the directx sdk and all the include files and library files are linked, but i can''t get the bloody thing to work. ps sorry about the long post