DirectX is not working at all

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Please can any one help me in creating a direct draw surface. when i create a direct draw surface a compile error appears. take a look on the code: this code is an example from a book for creating a directx surface (which i could not compile) ///////////////////////////////////////////////// #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #define INITGUID #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define WINDOW_CLASS_NAME "WINXCLASS" #define WINDOW_WIDTH 800 #define WINDOW_HEIGHT 600 #define SCREEN_WIDTH 800 #define SCREEN_HEIGHT 600 #define SCREEN_BPP 16 #define KEY_DOWN(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0) #define KEY_UP(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 0 : 1) typedef unsigned short USHORT; typedef unsigned short WORD; typedef unsigned char UCHAR; typedef unsigned char BYTE; HWND main_window_handle = NULL; HINSTANCE main_instance = NULL; LPDIRECTDRAW7 lpdd = NULL; LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 lpddsprimary = NULL; LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 lpddsback = NULL; LPDIRECTDRAWPALETTE lpddpal = NULL; DDSURFACEDESC2 ddsd; DDSCAPS2 ddscaps; HRESULT ddrval; LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd,UINT msg,WPARAM wparam,LPARAM lparam) { PAINTSTRUCT ps; HDC hdc; switch(msg) { case WM_CREATE: { return(0); } break; case WM_PAINT: { hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd,&ps); EndPaint(hwnd,&ps); return(0); } break; case WM_DESTROY: { PostQuitMessage(0); return(0); } break; default: break; } return (DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam)); } int main(HINSTANCE hinstance,HINSTANCE hprevinstance,PSTR lpcmdline,int ncmdshow) { WNDCLASS winclass; HWND hwnd; MSG msg; HDC hdc; PAINTSTRUCT ps; winclass.style = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_OWNDC | CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; winclass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc; winclass.cbClsExtra = 0; winclass.cbWndExtra = 0; winclass.hInstance = hinstance; winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); winclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); winclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH); winclass.lpszMenuName = NULL; winclass.lpszClassName = WINDOW_CLASS_NAME; if (!RegisterClass(&winclass)) return(0); if (!(hwnd = CreateWindow(WINDOW_CLASS_NAME,"WinX Game Console",WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE,0,0,WINDOW_WIDTH,WINDOW_HEIGHT,NULL,NULL,hinstance,NULL))) return(0); main_window_handle = hwnd; main_instance = hinstance; if (DirectDrawCreateEx(NULL, (void **)&lpdd, IID_IDirectDraw7, NULL)!=DD_OK) return(0); if (lpdd->SetCooperativeLevel(main_window_handle,DDSCL_ALLOWMODEX | DDSCL_FULLSCREEN | DDSCL_EXCLUSIVE | DDSCL_ALLOWREBOOT)!=DD_OK) return(0); if (lpdd->SetDisplayMode(SCREEN_WIDTH,SCREEN_HEIGHT,SCREEN_BPP,0,0)!=DD_OK) return(0); memset(&ddsd,0,sizeof(ddsd)); ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(ddsd); ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS; ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE; if (lpdd->CreateSurface(&ddsd,&lpddsprimary,NULL)!=DD_OK) return(0); return(1); while(1) { if (PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE)) { if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) break; TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } if (KEY_DOWN(VK_ESCAPE) || KEY_DOWN(VK_SPACE)) PostMessage(main_window_handle, WM_DESTROY,0,0); return(1); } if (lpddsprimary!=NULL) lpddsprimary->Release(); if (lpdd!=NULL) lpdd->Release(); return(1); return(msg.wParam); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////