Just for your information: the DirectX 9 April 2006 redistributable is available from Microsoft's site.Andreas

Thanks Andreas,I found it at the MS site and downloaded it, but it appears to still be version 9.0c - is there any updates or improvements in this? MS recommends setting a restore point prior to installation, so I haven't tried it yet. Have you done so and found any differences?Dale

Thanks, Andreas.Robert

Version number is the same, it's just a very minor update.Changes are likely too small to warrant installation if you have a reasonably recent version.Latest SDK version is February 2006, latest redistributable is December 2005.

What does "redistributable" mean? R-

The redistributables are intended for use by developers. They accompany software releases that may require Direct X.DJ

>The redistributables are intended for use by developers. >They accompany software releases that may require Direct X.>>DJ Aha, thank you DJ. R-

the redistributable is that part of a product that may be included with other things (often under specific conditions).If for example you're writing a game that needs DirectX, you're allowed to include the redistributable part only with that game, the rest you cannot yourself deliver (so the headerfiles, debug versions of the runtime, etc.).It's the part the customer will need to run a DirectX application, rather than write one of his own (that part is far larger and also free, but be prepared for a download of something like 300 megabytes).