Friday, July 31, 2009

How do I make a Win32 DirectX program?

I'm a good programmer, but I'm new to Win32 and DirectX programming. If I can view a "hello world" program that somebody else wrote, I'm sure I could get my project working. Are there any "hello world" sample programs out there for win32/directx programming? I use Dev-C++, but am willing to pay to get a Borland or Microsoft C/C++ compiler.

How do I make a Win32 DirectX program?
Download Microsoft Visual studio 2005 express edition (its free) and the direct X SDK. which has lots of examples that you can try out.
Reply:download the directX SDK from microsoft.com, then have a look at the samples. Also, you will find many, many tutorials in the web just by searching for them, or on gamedev.net, devmaster.net, etc.





i don't know if the SDK works with Dev-C++, but you can download the microsoft visual studio express edition for


free from microsoft.com. no need to pay for it.
Reply:well first you........2pts


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