Newbie DX programmer.

I decided to leap into DirectX using some tutorials provide here:

http://externalweb.exhedra.com/Direc...R_Lesson03.asp


I can't get this sample to run at all. I get an "Automation Error" with this line in the Renderer sub routine.

VB Code:

'//3. Update the frame to the screen...
'       This is the same as the Primary.Flip method as used in DirectX 7
'       These values below should work for almost all cases...
D3DDevice.Present ByVal 0, ByVal 0, 0, ByVal 0

Any assistance? I can't learn if the examples don't work. :cry:

What did you do, just open their project and ran it, or did you copy and paste code from their page?

You were suppose to download their zip file and run their project in there ;)

Here's the link to the zip file:
http://externalweb.exhedra.com/Direc...8/Graph_03.zip

Unzip that into a folder and run their project there.

That's what I did.

I downloaded it, unzipped it to a folder, loaded the project and ran it. I get that error.

Hmmmm. Do you have DirectX8 installed at all?

Or how bout this. Download any of the two zip files from my site and run those. Let's see if it'll work:

www.angelfire.com/fl5/memorydll/index.html

[Edit]Wait a minute. I know what it is. You need to have the computer set at 32 bit color mode. If it's at 16, you would get an automation error on that line. I can't believe I just remembered.

I have it set to 32bit.
I have directX8 installed. In fact I have 9 installed.
I selected DirectX8 from the project references menu.

I tried some code made for DX7 and it seems to run fine in windowed mode. From what I'm reading DX7 is easier to deal with.

It could be your video card.

By the way, have you tried out my examples to see if DX8 works ok? I have a better setup method than that site does.

www.angelfire.com/fl5/memorydll/index.html