From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: DJGPP+DLL/DirectX?
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 03:53:06 GMT
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"John & Susie" <jdk AT sgi DOT net> wrote:
> Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > "Michael" <michael DOT noSPAMisternig AT sbg DOT ac DOT at> wrote:
> >
> > > can DLLs for Windows - especially DirectX - be used in DJGPP?
> >
> > No. DLLs call the WinAPI, to which DOS programs have little
> > or no access, except throug
> >
> > > If yes, how?
> >
> > DirectX can be used from Allegro. Simply get your Allegro-
> > based multimedia program running under DOS; then recompile
> > using RSXNTDJ or M$ Visual C++ and Windows Allegro 3.928.
>            ^^
>
> I know that NT is in the name *BUT* this will
> work under NT's (4.0 WS) gui or in a DOS box?

RSXNTDJ makes Win32 programs. Some programs (for
example, RSXNTDJ itself) that users think runs in a DOS
box really runs in a winconsole. It only uses the WinAPI
if your program calls the WinAPI. It uses the portable
Allegro GUI if your program uses Allegro (which in turn
uses DirectX).


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