Access violation in D3DCompiler_46.dll

[albinopapa]

Unhandled exception at 0x10189A72 (d3dcompiler_46.dll) in DX11Engine.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0x00000018.

I know doesn't mean much to most but this is the error message pop-up. After clicking on "Break", it shows the "Symbols not loaded" screen with the following message.

D3DCompiler_46.pdb not loaded.
Module Information
Version: 9.30.9200.16384
Original Location: E:\..\DX11Engine\DX11Engine\d3dcompiler_46.dll <- Shortened

So, anyway, I am trying not to use the D3DX11 API as it's outdated. I read that the file needed to be in the directory that the program will be ran in, so I copied it from the SDK directory to the directory above with no luck.

Uploaded the project, but beware it's just a test bed, it's a little messy.

[LuX]

works for me. Though I get the error at Graphics.h line 57 "LPVOID shaderPtr = vShader->GetBufferPointer();".

Go to tools > options > debugging > symbols and select load symbols from Microsoft server. That might fix the symbol loading stuff.

[albinopapa]

Ok, so I'm not sure why it worked for you LuX, but there seems to be some misinformation on the MSDN website. For D3DCompilerFromFile it says that the entry point is ignored ( the function that is used to start the shader; ie main ). Well, I tried doing as you suggested loading the symbols from microsoft to no avail. I decided to add the entry point of VShader and PShader to the function calls and it worked just fine.