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Black screen when trying to run DirectX application

I have been trying to run a sample Directx-11 code from this website:tutorial 2. (source code download at the end).

All I get when I try to run the program is a black screen.

System Configuration:

  1. Windows 7 64 bit (SP1)
  2. Intel Core i5 M520 @ 2.4Ghz
  3. RAM: 4GB
  4. Intel HD Graphics on core i5 (latest driver )
  5. Lenovo Think pad X201

IDE:

  1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
  2. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express with Service Pack.
  3. I also installed DirectX 9 SDK from here: DirectX 9 SDK June 2010

Diagnostics:

  1. I ran dxdiag and everything seems to be OK. (DirectDraw and Direct3D are enabled).
  2. I tried changing the refresh rate from 50Hz to 60Hz. (Control Panel->Appearance & Personalization->Display->Screen Resolution->Advanced Setting)
  3. Could not change the hardware acceleration. "Change Settings" option was diabled under "Troubleshooting" tab in the above menu.
  4. System Settings-->Performance Options-->"Let Windows Choose What's Best For My Computer"

How can I get this tutorial to run? My goal is to run any program in DirectX-11 on my laptop. I am using this to learn DirectX-11. Please let me know if I missed out some detail.

Thank you very much!

Solution

  • The tutorial only create a framework based on DirectX 11, there is no graphics output, so a black window is the expected result.