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Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up How do I solve LNK2019 for Direct3DCreate9? up vote 2 down vote favorite During compile time I get the following error: RAT_RendererDX9.obj : error
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LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _Direct3DCreate9@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall RAT_ENGINE::RAT_RendererDX9::Init(class RAT_ENGINE::RAT_WindowManager *)" (?Init@RAT_RendererDX9@RAT_ENGINE@@QAEXPAVRAT_WindowManager@2@@Z) The only place that I use Direct3DCreate9 is in my Init() function of the Renderer which has the following code: void RAT_RendererDX9::Init(RAT_WindowManager* argWMan) { wMan = argWMan; g_pD3D = (LPDIRECT3D9)Direct3DCreate9( D3D_SDK_VERSION ); D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp; ZeroMemory( &d3dpp, sizeof( d3dpp ) ); d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE; d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD; d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_UNKNOWN; g_pD3D->CreateDevice( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hWnd, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &d3dpp, &g_pd3dDevice ); } Where does this error come from and how can I solve it? I've tried the other answers to LNK2019, but they didn't resolve my problem. c++ visual-c++ directx directx-9 share|improve this question edited Feb 3 '13 at 0:03 GSerg 47.9k775128 asked Feb 3 '13 at 0:01 Friso1990 364421 You need to link in the directx library. –Alexey Frunze Feb 3 '13 at 0:08 5 Add d3d9.lib to the linker's additional dependencies.
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Forum Visual C++ & C++ Programming Graphics Programming Unresolved External Symbol! Help! If http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?289136-Unresolved-External-Symbol!-Help! this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register or Login before you can http://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplusplus-programming/127827-directx-sdk-samples-not-working-2.html post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 error lnk2019 to 7 of 7 Thread: Unresolved External Symbol! Help! Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode March 30th, 2004,10:27 AM #1 danielleM View Profile View Forum Posts Member Join Date Jun 2003 Posts 25 Unresolved External Symbol! error lnk2019 unresolved Help! Hey there, I am trying to create a Direct3D program, however when I try to compile and run the program I get the following error: PainterlyRenderer error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _Direct3DCreate9@4 referenced in function "int __cdecl InitInstance(struct HINSTANCE__ *,int)" (?InitInstance@@YAHPAUHINSTANCE__@@H@Z) It seems that my program does not like the call to Direct3D_Object = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); that I have defined in my program. I have declared all my variables (Direct3D_Object is of type LPDIRECT3D9) and I have included both: #include
Programming Boards C++ Programming directx sdk samples not working Getting started with C or C++ | C Tutorial | C++ Tutorial | C and C++ FAQ | Get a compiler | Fixes for common problems Thread: directx sdk samples not working Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 06-29-2010 #16 spencerjack View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date May 2010 Posts 28 Okay. Yes, I see it. DXSETUP.exe Installed with no problems. I'll go ahead and try to run my proggie and see what happens. 06-29-2010 #17 spencerjack View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date May 2010 Posts 28 And here are my errors, 1>------ Build started: Project: autodidac_dx_2, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1> prog.cpp 1>prog.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _Direct3DCreate9@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl initD3D(struct HWND__ *)" (?initD3D@@YAXPAUHWND__@@@Z) 1>prog.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH@20 referenced in function "void __cdecl render_frame(void)" (?render_frame@@YAXXZ) 1>prog.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _D3DXMatrixLookAtLH@16 referenced in function "void __cdecl render_frame(void)" (?render_frame@@YAXXZ) 1>prog.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _D3DXMatrixRotationY@8 referenced in function "void __cdecl render_frame(void)" (?render_frame@@YAXXZ) 1>C:\Documents and Settings\Rian Saville\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\autodidac_dx_2\Debug\autodidac_dx_2. exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== Could this be because I didn't install the symbol files? 06-29-2010 #18 Virtual