   unresolved externals
  I pasted the initialization code for directdraw from one of the tutorials.  When I compile it, it spits out:techris error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _DirectDrawCreate@12 referenced in function "bool __cdecl DirectDrawInit(struct HWND__ *)" (?DirectDrawInit@@YA_NPAUHWND__@@@Z)andtechris fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externalsuhh...yea...so..what am i doing wrong?  I'm just completley lost...   
  Are you linking to the correct libraries? IIRC, it should be ddraw.lib for DirectDraw.   ;  umm, i'm not sure..i'm still new to directX.  How do I link them?  I'm using Visual Studio 2003 .NET   ;  Project-> Properties-> Linker-> InputUnder "Addition Dependencies", add the correct library files (presumably ddraw.lib in this case). If you are still getting linker errors, you may still be missing other libraries...If you get errors like "cannot find x.lib", then you may have to set up your lib path. Go to Tools-> options-> Projects-> VC++ directories. Change the drop down box to "library files" and add a new line. Navigate to the the location of you DirecDraw library files. Then you should be set...   