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Question

I am currently getting into some DirectX Programming and just installed the DX-SDK. However, when I open the most basic sample File (Tutorial01, just displays a blue background) in Visual Studio (2012, but that seems to be irrelevant) and compile it I get a working output.

When I start an empty c++ project, make a new file called main.cpp and copy and paste the code from the tutorial, do the same with the resource.h file and also go to Project settings->Configuration Properties->Linker and copy the "Input" from the sample to my own project and then compile my project I get the following error output:

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'd3dx11.h': No such file or directory

The Header is included via #include in both, the sample and my project. However my project won't compile.

Answer 1

Your new project is missing VC++ Directories settings to find the DirectX SDK include/lib paths. Starting with VS 2010, you have to explicitly set up the include/lib paths to get the DirectX SDK integrated with Visual Studio.

Since you are trying to use VS 2012 with the legacy DirectX SDK, you should be aware that the VC++ Directories settings for VS 2010 are backwards from what you should be using with VS 2012/VS2013. This is because the Windows 8.x SDK includes newer versions of most of the DirectX headers in the now outdated and deprecated legacy DirectX SDK.

The further complication is that D3DX is not present in the Windows 8.x SDK and is itself deprecated. You can make it work per the instructions on MSDN , but keep in mind there are now alternatives to using D3DX for Direct3D 11 you should consider.