I am very distressed at the moment. I simply cannot find the last release of the DX7 SDK anywhere! I may just be ignorant as to where to find it on MSDN Downloads but I just can't find it anywhere. Anyone who knows where I could find a download of that priceless treasure please let me know.
DirectX7 SDK Lost Forever?
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DirectX7 SDK Lost Forever?
PacificTester
You just need the help file, you can still use the old interfaces by including the appropriate headers, (ddraw for example is still included with the dx9sdk). I could email you the dx7sdk help files if you wanted. It’s only 4.894 MB.
ThomasBear
I know the new stuff most of times is better, but in the SDK's case sometimes it's best if you can learn it all and know what to do, in all these years i had been using DX7 and learned it's way and still haven't learned it all, when I tryed the DX 8.0 some stuff I learned were changed and now with the DX 9.0 it's too big for me, I don't know if I am going to invest a 12 hours download (i have a 44kbps internet conection) and i have been seeing that it only works with MS-Visual Studio 2003 or later and it depends on windows registry too much and lot of issues i don't have time to deal with, so i stayed with DX 7.0 in some future when i have more resources i will try the DX 9.0 (or X1, X2 or Xn).
Sometimes it's better to know something good even if its not the best thing.
sakifcy
No problem David. I won't send anything out without permission.
You might consider making it easier for developers to get older SDK's. In my app I needed to make DX7 functionality available along with DX8 and DX9. The SDK has all of the DOCs and samples which were useful for me to learn an older technology.
Please consider making older SDK's available at least back to DX7 even if by request and shipping fee. It would would provide a good service to developers. I realize the interfaces are still supplied but the DOCs and samples are not, so the usefullness is limited. If it is cost, then consider licensing other distribution outlets.
Can one make direct request to MS as it is If so where
And yes old books are are great source as an other poster suggested and I atually found one in my pile
Regards,
Paul
Kamal Hathi
It is a violation of the EULA to redistribute the runtime or SDK without express permission from Microsoft.
Nuf sed.
Andy Robb
What dou you nedd the headers and lib files or the help files.
I have the DXSDK from 5 to 8.
[and the 5 came in a book]
trager
I never redistribute RTL's and DirectX7.0 it's supported by the latest (as you should know), anyway if things like this are going to be the programmer's future: Have to invest lots of money, WORK AND TIME learning new features of an application framework that most of times he won't use then i will better trash my Visual C++ 6.0 standard box and the 23 books I buyed from my local MS-Press distribuitor and start to learn a true standard like Open-GL, GTK+ or Allegro, even i could buy DarkBasic or 3D GameStudio or GameMaker (for just $15) and stop using DirectX.
I think that the new programmers are going to stop invest time and money in learning resources and just use a development suite that can make it all like GameMaker or 3D-GameStudio.
I thought that this forum would try to make people use DirectX and not to scare them to stop using it.
It's better for old people like me to get down from this forum.
Thanks for all and luck for everyone.
Terence Blyth
Thats interesting.
Generally when people ask about the 2 month release cycle Microsoft says "we don't expect you to upgrade to every one. Pick the one that works for you and use it and upgrade infrequently if/when bugs/features require you to." As dxfoo points out though this means that if you have a 2 year dev cycle you *must* upgrade at least every 6 months if you expect support from Microsoft.
So is there a new statement on how people should choose their SDKs and upgrade strategy Or have I paraphrased things wrongly.
Sizzles
Please don't redistribute old SDKs or post links to old SDKs. There is no website licensed to redistribute older versions of the SDK.
Os has already been mentioned, the DX7 interfaces are still available in the current SDK.
Locking thread. -o-
AussieRS
As far as the documentation goes, bits-n-pieces are available online if you search MSDN for function/symbol names. It's not perfect, but it might help.
Anything specifically regarding DirectX should probably be posted on these forums and/or emailed to directx@microsoft.com.
hth
Jack
RCS300
ALK
hth
Jack
Anzu
That's nice... since each DX release is every two months, that means 6 months later, MS will say what you used six months ago for your current two-year project is not supported anymore. What a great trade-off.
MS can't deprecate old & yet great books that teach general game programming concepts using the 7.0 SDK, hense why people ask for it. However, to the OP, you can querry the 7.0 interfaces you need by using the latest DirectX SDK. I can't promise MS's great pride in backward compatability since they seem to enjoy removing library files left and right.