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Reputation: 3096

Is it possible to develop DirectX 9 apps using the latest DirectX SDK?

I know that most people have DirectX9-capable cards but is it really necessary to install the DirectX9 SDK in order to develop DX9 apps or is it possible to do it using the latest DX SDK?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 852

Answers (1)

Reed Copsey
Reed Copsey

Reputation: 564323

The latest DirectX SDK (March 2009) supports DirectX 9, DirectX10, and includes the preview of DX11.

You can use it to develop against any of these DX versions.

You do need the DX SDK installed to develop for DirectX, unless you're doing it indirectly through a library. The header files, libraries, etc, are included with the SDK. That being said, even if you're using a library, you'll want to install the latest SDK - it's very, very difficult to debug DX applications without the SDK, since the SDK is what allows you to run using the Debug version of DirectX.

Upvotes: 3

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