Visual C++ 2005 can't find dxtrans.h despite the fact that it's in the first folder in my include directories

Question

I have the 2007 directx sdk include directory set as the first entry in the Include Files directory list in Visual C++ 2005, and that directory contains dxtrans.h. Yet when I try to build my project, I get "To compile qedit.h you must install the DirectX 9 SDK, to obtain the dxtrans.h header.", accompanied by hundreds of syntax errors in windows sdk headers (amstream.h, qedit.h, etc). Is there some other magic incantation I need to perform in order to get the compiler to find dxtrans.h? Is the error message a red herring?

Answer 1

Yes, it is indeed a red herring. It is not an error message, merely a notification that was meant to be helpful. It is generated by:

#pragma message("To compile qedit.h you must install the DirectX 9 SDK, to obtain the dxtrans.h header.")

Pay attention to the first few real compiler error messages, whatever they may be.