Implementing d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXCreateTexture

[Christoph Brill]

Hi list,

I'm trying to get a DirectX model viewer[1] to run. Using wine 1.1.4 it
is possible to lauch because d3dx9_36.dll exists but a method
(CreateTexture) of it is stubbed out. I started looking for details on
this and came up with this MSDN link[2]. Looking at the code I found
that this method is already implemented in the core d3d9 library in
dlls/d3d9/texture.c. From what I understand a forward to this function
should be enough to get this method to work since the parameters seem to
match (except the last parameter in the core d3d9 (HANDLE*
pSharedHandle) does not exist in the MSDN definition).

Can someone please comment if my thoughts are right here?

Thanks,
  Christoph

[1] http://www.teamxtcgames.com/3d_object_viewer.htm
[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb172800(VS.85).aspx

[Roderick Colenbrander]

Hi,

For basic operation just forwarding to the d3d9 CreateTexture call should work fine but note the following:
"Internally, D3DXCreateTexture uses D3DXCheckTextureRequirements to adjust the calling parameters. Therefore, calls to D3DXCreateTexture will often succeed where calls to IDirect3DDevice9::CreateTexture would fail."

As a start I wouldn't add that behavior but add a comment that the function isn't complete and what is missing. I would also print a FIXME about it but only show it once in total (so use a static variable).

Roderick
> Hi list,
>
> I'm trying to get a DirectX model viewer[1] to run. Using wine 1.1.4 it
> is possible to lauch because d3dx9_36.dll exists but a method
> (CreateTexture) of it is stubbed out. I started looking for details on
> this and came up with this MSDN link[2]. Looking at the code I found
> that this method is already implemented in the core d3d9 library in
> dlls/d3d9/texture.c. From what I understand a forward to this function
> should be enough to get this method to work since the parameters seem to
> match (except the last parameter in the core d3d9 (HANDLE*
> pSharedHandle) does not exist in the MSDN definition).
>
> Can someone please comment if my thoughts are right here?
>
> Thanks,
>   Christoph
>
> [1] http://www.teamxtcgames.com/3d_object_viewer.htm
> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb172800(VS.85).aspx