Code not starting ("Application Started") + VS poking around in weird folder

[Rycul]

Heya people,

I've posted this in the General forum before, but after exactly 1 reply I was told that no one apparantly wants to gently mention that I posted in the wrong forum, except after I bumped the thread twice -_-. Anyway, I copy-pasted what I said in the previous thread and I hope that the Windows forum can help me.

I have tried to follow some articles about that will get you started into DirectX C++ (http://www.devmaster.net/articles/intro-to-c++-with-game-dev/part1.php), and as far as understanding what they're doing code-wise everything goes well. But I'm having trouble running the template code from http://www.devmaster.net/articles/intro-to-c++-with-game-dev/part2.php (article 2).

Whenever I try to run the code, it's executed (I think) up to a certain point. All I get is a console window saying "application started". Then after a few seconds, I get this error:

Unhandled exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.

The code-window shows a yellow arrow at line 198 in the file template.cpp. (You can download the entire template, which ofcourse includes template.cpp, from the articles or through this link here: http://www.devmaster.net/articles/intro-to-c++-with-game-dev/devmaster_intro-to-c++-tmpl83.00c_oct14.zip
I can't post the entire source code ofcourse, but I'll just say that it's not a big file to download (1,9 MB) and nor is it such a big file LOC-wise.

Also, for some reason VS is poking around in folders that don't have anything to do with VS itself I think. It's looking in folders that belong to a pen-tablet :S

Here's the output window so you can see what I mean, I added two lines to indicate which part shows that it's looking in weird folders. It's between the FROM HERE and TO HERE lines.(I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Professional Edition) by the way)

'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\template\Template_debug.exe', Symbols loaded.
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\template\SDL.dll', Binary was not built with debug information.
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msimg32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\gdi32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\user32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\winmm.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\advapi32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\opengl32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\glu32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\dciman32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\template\FreeImage.dll', Binary was not built with debug information.
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_f863c71f\msvcr90d.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_f863c71f\msvcp90d.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\imm32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\version.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\WinTab32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2_32.dll'
'Template_debug.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2help.dll'

------------FROM HERE------------

\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Connect: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Disconnect: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46780484
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46780484
LaunchApp() Started at:  46781984
LaunchApp() Failed(D:\Program Files\GTCO CalComp\TabletWorks\WTServerCC.exe) at:  46781984
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Connect: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Disconnect: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46782093
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Connect: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Disconnect: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46782109
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46782109
LaunchApp() Started at:  46783609
LaunchApp() Failed(D:\Program Files\GTCO CalComp\TabletWorks\WTServerCC.exe) at:  46783609
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::SetIpcDriver: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Connect: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcHandler::Disconnect: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::SetIpcHandler: at 46783718
\Projects\TabletWorks\Wintab\WTCommon\Ipc.cpp::CCIpcDriver::Disconnected: at 46783718

------------TO HERE------------

First-chance exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.
Unhandled exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.
First-chance exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.
Unhandled exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.
First-chance exception at 0x00415f07 in Template_debug.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000010.
The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0x1120) has exited with code -1073741510 (0xc000013a).
The thread 'Main Thread' (0x13f0) has exited with code -1073741510 (0xc000013a).
The program '[4388] Template_debug.exe: Native' has exited with code -1073741510 (0xc000013a).

EDIT: The line that is giving me this error (line 198, like I said above) is this:

surface = new Surface( SCRWIDTH, SCRHEIGHT, (Pixel*)s->pixels, s->pitch );

[Rycul]

bump

[firedraco]

Have you checked to make sure s, s->pixels, and s->pitch are valid at that point?

Also, I looked at that tutorial and wasn't really sure why they were using stdlib.h and string.h if they are using C++...