IntelliSense with October DirectX SDK

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IntelliSense with October DirectX SDK

Hi.

I'm still using Visual C++ 6.0 (still the best imo) and I've just installed the October DirectX SDK and for some reason the IntelliSense doesn't work with ANYTHING from DirectX.
Can anyone suggest how I can get it working

Thanks in advance.

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IntelliSense with October DirectX SDK

  • KCW

    I don't know about the first question, but I have read (although I haven't personally used it myself) that the mechanism(s) for adding directories (lib/include/etc..) has changed for VC2005. It may well have changed, but I think there's a config-type file you have to manually edit.

    Check the release notes / documentation you have for more information...

    hth
    Jack



  • sshira

    Just for future reference purposes, this same question was asked over on GameDev.net - and yielded a bit more discussion... Have a look at the thread here.

    The bottom line is that Visual C++ 6 is no longer a supported development platform/tool for DirectX. The last update that contained official supported VC6 components was the October 2004 release.

    Some work-arounds to getting later releases to work do exist, but they are completely unofficial/unsupported - if they work, great, but if they don't... well... tough Smile

    hth
    Jack


  • marcosaferreira

    I actually downloaded Visual C++ Express to try it out when I downloaded the SDK, and I was unable to do two key things
    1) I couldn't create win32 apps projects, only console projects
    2) I couldn't add include/lib directories in the options
    I assumed the reason for both was because it's the beta

  • kannansid

    VC6 is no longer supported.  You might want to consider downloading Visual C++ Express, which is currently free (and has Intellisense support)

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