error X3501: 'main': entrypoint not found
- by Pasha
I am trying to learn DX10 by following this tutorial. However, my shader won't compile. Below is the detailed error message.
Build started 9/10/2012 10:22:46 PM.
1>Project "D:\code\dx\Engine\Engine\Engine.vcxproj" on node 2 (Build target(s)).
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86\fxc.exe /nologo /E"main" /Fo "D:\code\dx\Engine\Debug\color.cso" /Od /Zi color.fx
1>FXC : error X3501: 'main': entrypoint not found
compilation failed; no code produced
1>Done Building Project "D:\code\dx\Engine\Engine\Engine.vcxproj" (Build target(s)) -- FAILED.
Build FAILED.
Time Elapsed 00:00:00.05
I can easily compile the downloaded code, but I want to know how to fix this error myself.
My color.fx looks like this
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Filename: color.fx
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////
// GLOBALS //
/////////////
matrix worldMatrix;
matrix viewMatrix;
matrix projectionMatrix;
//////////////
// TYPEDEFS //
//////////////
struct VertexInputType
{
float4 position : POSITION;
float4 color : COLOR;
};
struct PixelInputType
{
float4 position : SV_POSITION;
float4 color : COLOR;
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Vertex Shader
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
PixelInputType ColorVertexShader(VertexInputType input)
{
PixelInputType output;
// Change the position vector to be 4 units for proper matrix calculations.
input.position.w = 1.0f;
// Calculate the position of the vertex against the world, view, and projection matrices.
output.position = mul(input.position, worldMatrix);
output.position = mul(output.position, viewMatrix);
output.position = mul(output.position, projectionMatrix);
// Store the input color for the pixel shader to use.
output.color = input.color;
return output;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Pixel Shader
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
float4 ColorPixelShader(PixelInputType input) : SV_Target
{
return input.color;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Technique
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
technique10 ColorTechnique
{
pass pass0
{
SetVertexShader(CompileShader(vs_4_0, ColorVertexShader()));
SetPixelShader(CompileShader(ps_4_0, ColorPixelShader()));
SetGeometryShader(NULL);
}
}
