So have the direct3d/directsound .lib files that come with cygwin already been processed for use with C++? Or are they only useable from C too as you say?
Regards --------------------------------- Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert. http://www.q-games.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barubary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: Re: DirectX8/DirectInput + cygwin > Getting DirectX to work from cygwin GCC essentially can't be done from C++, > but can be done from C. It can't be done from C++ because of the way COM > virtual tables work. GCC can't clone Visual C++'s method because Microsoft > holds a U.S. patent on their exact method. Just try using MFC from GCC and > you'll know exactly what I mean. > > In C, the virtual table system is done by actually creating the vtable > structure in the header file, so this isn't a problem. If you modify the > DirectX header files, you could fix this for C++, but you'd have to > do ->lpVtable all the time, like in C. > > GCC, or rather binutils, can't handle the Microsoft import library format. > binutils of course has its own, so you could make your own from the DLL. > > If import libraries don't work, you could always GetProcAddress on > DirectInputCreate8 after loading dinput8.dll. Then the problem becomes how > to get to the weird global functions (D3DX matrix stuff, for instance). > > -- Barubary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dylan Cuthbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Cygwin@Cygwin. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:22 AM > Subject: DirectX8/DirectInput + cygwin > > > When compiling a DirectInput8 function such as DirectInput8Create() I get > an > > error linking: > > Unable to resolve DirectInput8Create@20 > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
