How to Set Up the DirectX Project in Visual Studio 6
To get the project to build, you must:

• Go to Project->Settings->Link then add the following libraries to the Object/library modules:
  • winmm.lib dxguid.lib dinput8.lib d3d8.lib d3dx8.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib strmiids.lib
  • Be sure to select the appropriate project in the pane on the left if you have more than one project in your workspace.
  • Select the settings for "All Configurations" before you add the libraries, so it will work in both debug and release mode
• Go to Tools->Options->Directories and add the lib folder in the DirectX SDK in the libraries directory, and the include files in the include directory.