how to detect .net and managed dx9?

scyphe666

Hi. I've made a simple game in VS.NET that uses managed directx 9 (DirectSound) and sent it to various people to test it, and I really need to make my program detect if they've got .NET framework and Managed DX installed. How do I do this codewise in VS.NET?

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spgilmore22y ago
Right. You'll probably have to dyanamically load an assembly that contains the references to DirectX. If it fails, assume that DirectX is missing or the assembly is missing. Here is a start: System.Reflection.Assembly myassembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom("c:\mygame\assemblies\myassembly.dll"); System.Type myformclass = myassembly.GetType("form1class"); System.Windows.Forms.Form form1 = (System.Windows.Forms.Form) Activator.CreateInstance(FormClass); form1.Show(); Credit where due: Daniel Wischnewski http://www.delphi3000.com/articles/article_3877.asp
scyphe66622y ago
nevermind... duh, if the application can't launch, how can the application tell the user to get .net framework and managed dx redist? ;)