Help with Programming!!!

DarkPond · Post by **DarkPond** » 15 May 2005, 22:02

err.. you mean caption and not caution hey?

Does it give an syntax error? is it compiling and then just not doing what you want?

Soap · Post by **Soap** » 15 May 2005, 22:51

no, semicolons are your friends you want one whereever possible, just not before then, else and 1-liner loops.

for i:=1 to high(Int64) do
begin
showMessage('Have fun with the clicking!');
Windows.Beep(i*i,10);
end;

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » 30 Sep 2005, 22:56

It seems I'm reviving this thread, but anyway.

I recently started programming in C++, read a book, and now I want to get into Directx programming and I found a book to help me with that. Now, I am busy with Surfaces and Sprites just after learning how to initialize a window and all that, which all compiled, but after adding the new code from the new chapter I get these errors:

example1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _D3DXLoadSurfaceFromFileA@32 referenced in function "bool __cdecl initDirect3D(void)" (?initDirect3D@@YA_NXZ)

example1 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

What is this unresolved external thing? Can anyone help me with this? Anyone know what I can do to get it to work? Please, Anyone.

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 03 Oct 2005, 08:02

hmmm... not a compiler error then..

Check that the necessary libs are being linked... or are in the build path..

re-check your project settings... unresolved means exactly that... your project refers to an external source which cannot be located... (normally a dll has not been refd correctly... )...

my dx knowledge is slim, (ok, anorexic

)... but knowing where to start hunting is important as well..
GameDev.net FAQ <- GameDev trumps as usual....
M$ support for LNK2019

always verify the project's dependancies are satisfied.... this issue will also creep in if you use deprecated source.....

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » 03 Oct 2005, 15:08

Yes, you are correct, I joined GameDev.com and someone told me about the libraries that I had to add and he gave me some code aswell which helped, but then my sequence was wrong in anyway, but I got it fixed. Thanx for the reply.

morgana · Post by **morgana** » 24 Feb 2006, 15:39

just wanted to ask a sql specific question. how would i export particular columns in a table from one database to an existing table in another database?

MadMike · Post by **MadMike** » 24 Feb 2006, 16:03

INSERT INTO [Database].[Owner].TableName1
SELECT Column1, Column2 FROM [Database].[Owner].TableName2

Remember you need the same amount of columns in SELECT as the table the INSERT is being done on.

MM

axisK · Post by **axisK** » 24 Feb 2006, 16:07

*gyar* MadMike beat me to it ... sux having to (pretend to) work and try to post at the same time.

morgana · Post by **morgana** » 24 Feb 2006, 17:27

Thank you very much MM and to you too axisK for trying.