Re: First time Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition help!
- From: nathan@xxxxxxxx (Nathan Mates)
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:20:20 -0500
In article <A2084ABE-1F61-4119-9984-1BA6FDC3426D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
=?Utf-8?B?RXJpYw==?= <Eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've programmed in C++ before and I know windows.h is a library, so
why doesn't it work? I am just started learning how to use Visual
C++ 2005 Express Edition from the book "Beginning Game Programming -
Second Edition." I tried the first example in the book, but Visual
C++ won't allow me to build because an error appears that says
'windows.h' is not a file or a directory.
Nitpick: <windows.h> is a header, not a library file. Regardless,
your issue is that Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition does not ship
with <windows.h>. There are some workarounds:
1) Download the latest Platform SDK from Microsoft. I tend to use
something like
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en
.. Once you've done that, you'll need to update the include directories
for Visual Studio to allow it to search in the folders that have
<windows.h>. More information can be found at
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/FreeVS2005Win32.aspx
2) Switch to Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, which ships with
<windows.h> and the like. You may still have to install the DirectX
SDK.
Nathan Mates
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