Call me a crazy Luddite, but I found a copy of Visual Studio 97 with Visual C++ 5 (!) on my shelf, and thought it would be fun to see if I could still build an example project or two with it. So I poked around on the net and found http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.6/VisualC.html which seems like a fine example project to try to build. It needs dinput.h, though. I managed to install the current DirectX SDK, but of course that's not at all supported by this ancient compiler. Anyone know where I can get a copy of an old DirectX SDK that would be compatible with Visual C++ 5? I imagine there might be some book that came bundled with it that I can still pick up used. Any ideas? Thanks, Dan
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:46:59 -0800 (PST), DanKegel wrote: > Anyone know where I can get a copy of an old DirectX SDK > that would be compatible with Visual C++ 5? I imagine > there might be some book that came bundled with it > that I can still pick up used. Any ideas? I think an old book would be your best bet. Make sure it has the accompanying CD. However, since you can get a free version of VS Express, I'm not sure what the purpose of doing anything with VC97 would be: http://www.microsoft.com/express/interest/default.aspx There's also XNA Game Studio Express if you're looking at games specifically: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xna/default.aspx -- Please read this before replying: 1. Dshow & posting help: http://tmhare.mvps.org/help.htm 2. Trim & respond inline (please don't top post or snip everything) 3. Benefit others: follow up if you are helped or you found a solution
