how to detect .net and managed dx9?

Question

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?

spgilmore · Answer

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

scyphe666 · Answer

nevermind... duh if the application can't launch how can the application tell the user to get .net framework and managed dx redist? ;)