Detect DirectX Version

Author: jason379 (talk, contrib)

Description

This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatenating the major and minor version: "801" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.

Example

Here is an example of how it can be used:

  Call GetDXVersion
  Pop $R3
  IntCmp $R3 900 +3 0 +3
    MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."
    Abort

Safer Example

Just in case if Microsoft decides to modify the key name/version (as it doesn't show 1000 on Vista as it should) and the detection fails it is safer to simply warn the user but not to exit - in that case use this:

  Call GetDXVersion
  Pop $R3
  IntCmp $R3 900 +2 0 +2
    MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later. Please update your DirectX."

The Function

And here is the code:

  Function GetDXVersion
    Push $0
    Push $1
 
    ClearErrors
    ReadRegStr $0 HKLM "Software\Microsoft\DirectX" "Version"
    IfErrors noDirectX
 
    StrCpy $1 $0 2 5    ; get the minor version
    StrCpy $0 $0 2 2    ; get the major version
    IntOp $0 $0 * 100   ; $0 = major * 100 + minor
    IntOp $0 $0 + $1
    Goto done
 
    noDirectX:
      StrCpy $0 0
 
    done:
      Pop $1
      Exch $0
  FunctionEnd