MFC - D3DCOLORVALUE undefined in base MFC application

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I'm using Visual Studio 2013 to create a new MFC Application. I created the application using the setup wizard, left it on all the default values.

When testing if it even runs before adding anything it gave the compile error:

IntelliSense: identifier "D3DCOLORVALUE" is undefined

followed by a lot of:

error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int

Why would this be happening in a stock standard application straight out of the wizard? And how would I get this working?

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You probbaly forgot to include the appropriate Direct3d header file(s). – Jabberwocky
Where would I find the header files to include? And why would I have to manually add this in a stock standard application right out of the creation wizard? – TheEvilMetal
D3DCOLORVALUE is Direct3D stuff. In which source file do you have this D3DCOLORVALUE symbol? How exactly did you proceed to create the application with the wizard? – Jabberwocky
File -> New -> Project -> Visual C++ -> MFC -> MFC Application -> Ok -> Finish -> F5 -> Yes. Even just doing that recreates this for me. D3DCOLORVALUE is defined in d2dbasetypes.h – TheEvilMetal
Correction: The line that gives the error is in d2dbasetypes.h where D2D_COLOR_F is defined as type D3DCOLORVALUE. When I try go to the definition of D3DCOLORVALUE there it gives the error 'A definition for the symbol 'D3DCOLORVALUE' could not be located.' – TheEvilMetal

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d2dbasetypes.h was giving the error when trying to define D2D_COLOR_F. I googled the base type (D3DCOLORVALUE) and found that it's supposed to be in "D3D9Types.h"

I added #include "D3D9Types.h" to the top of the d2dbasetypes header file and it seems to have fixed the problem.

I don't know why this isn't included in the generated code by default...