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The DirectX Tool Kit (aka DirectXTK) is a collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 11.x code in C++
https://walbourn.github.io/directxtk/
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Cryptic error message trying to add reference to Desktop 2015 Win10 project #75

Closed jjhegedus closed 7 years ago

jjhegedus commented 7 years ago

The error message I get is "A reference to 'DriectXTK_Desktop_2015_Win10' cannot be added because it is incompatible with this project.

I'm developing with Visual Studio 2015, using C+++ and running on Windows 10. The error message doesn't give many clues. How can I even find out what the issue is?

walbourn commented 7 years ago

What kind of application are you trying to write? If you are creating a UWP app, for example, then you can't use that version and must use DirectXTK_WIndows10.vcxproj instead.

jjhegedus commented 7 years ago

Yep, that was the problem. It seems obvious now but I just didn't connect the desktop dots. Thanks.