Re: directx

[Derek Greene <topcoder at mindspring dot com>]

thanks for the replies guys, but, i already knew about that URL, but he
hasnt done enuf for me to worry with his stuff
At 12:14 PM 8/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Derek Greene wrote:
>
>Check out....
> http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~025668b/develop/cygnus/
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>I have also used gnuwin32 to use OLE & COM objects.  I think directx
>uses a similar interface.  It's not easy, you must use C not C++ for
>now.  C++ cleans up your code alot, but it doesn't compile the Microsoft
>headers at all.  For some reason the g++ is more peticular about the
>location of * in a function prototype that returns a pointer.
>
>The directx sample doesn't have any problems since it uses C.
>
>For instance,
>int * __stdcall foo();
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>gives an error.  but
>
>int __stdcall * foo();
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>does not.
>
>Another thing is that if you declare the calling convention for a member
>function of a class, the calling convention is ignored.  This may pose a
>problem since OLE expects stdcall for member functions of COM objects.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Eric Britten
>
>> has ANYONE managed to port directx to gnu-win32? puh-leez say yes,
>> puh-leez
>> say yes....:)
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