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Just released another small but useful tool to the public. Erroneous File Copy will help you to retrieve data from partly corrupted files on your disk-drive. You will find it in the projects section.

The official first version of my high performance .NET implementation of the Burrows-Wheeler transform is finished and available in the Projects section. The demo application is a command line tool that takes any number of files as arguments and transforms them using BWT. You may reconstruct the original content of a BWT transformed file by specifying the command line switch -u.

It has taken more time than expected. But I am finally ready to release this update of ThreeLights.NET. As you may see, basically nothing has been left untouched.

What's new:

• New Design (ThreeLigthts V5 uses many features of CSS3)
• New CMS structure. I will be able to update the website faster and more frequently.
• The old news section is gone. I have replaced it with a mysql driven blogging engine.
• The "projects" section is now database driven.
• New picture gallery. Due to the poor design of the old gallery, I never actually used it. The latest pictures are still from 2005. I will upload new galleries in the next weeks.
• "About Me" updated!
• "Contact Data" updated!
• Side bar with Tag-Cloud added.
• Search bar has been integrated with the side bar (not activated yet!).

What's next?

• I have to update the links section.
• Add some interesting projects I did in the past years.
• "Poll" module.
• CMS extension.
• Ads; I have not yet decided, whether I will put promotion stuff on my website again.

I am confident that you'll like the changes. Your feedback is welcome! I've ditched almost all browser compatibility code. If you have problems viewing this website, please upgrade your browser. If that does not help, make a screenshot and mail it to me. I am interested in how the website looks on other computers.

I finally had enough time to upload all available D3DX redistribution packages. Have fun downloading!

Packages now include the following files:

Microsoft D3DX 9

d3dx9_24.dll (February 2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_25.dll (April2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_26.dll (June 2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_27.dll (August 2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_28.dll (December 2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_29.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_30.dll (April2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_31.dll (October2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_32.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_33.dll (April2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_37.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_40.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_41.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_42.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx9_43.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft D3DX 10

d3dx10.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_33.dll (April2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_33.dll (April2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_37.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_37.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_40.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_40.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_41.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_41.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_42.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx10_43.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft D3DX 10.1

d3dcsx_42.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dcsx_43.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft D3DX 11

d3dx11_42.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
d3dx11_43.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft Direct3D HLSL Compiler

D3DCompiler_42.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_43.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft Managed DirectX

microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2902.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2903.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2904.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2905.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2906.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2907.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2908.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2909.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2910.0 (CLR)

Microsoft XACT 2

xactengine2_0.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_1.dll (April2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_2.dll (June 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_3.dll (August 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_4.dll (October2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_5.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_6.dll (February 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_7.dll (April2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_8.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_9.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine2_10.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft XACT 3

xactengine3_0.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_1.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_2.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_3.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_4.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_5.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_6.dll (February 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xactengine3_7.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft XAudio 2

XAudio2_0.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_1.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_0.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_2.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_1.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_3.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_2.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_4.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_3.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_5.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_3.dll (August 2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_6.dll (February 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_4.dll (February 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAudio2_7.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_5.dll (June 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft X3DAudio

x3daudio1_0.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
x3daudio1_1.dll (October2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
x3daudio1_2.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_3.dll (March2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_4.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_5.dll (November 2008, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_6.dll (March2009, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_7.dll (February 2010, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft XInput

xinput9_1_0.dll (October 2005, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xinput1_1.dll (April 2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xinput1_2.dll (August2006, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)
xinput1_3.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit & 64 Bit)

Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 8 isn't much better than it's predecessors when it comes to CSS3. I've spent a considerable amount of time on tuning specified W3C standard effects, that work out of the box with Firefox 3.5+. Even now, the differences are still noticeable. Every Internet Explorer specific fix I apply, seems to cause other more tricky errors. However, I finallay managed to enabling drop shadows for the IE as well.

Today's round has been won by the brave fighter for justice and browser compatibility T3L himself (me!).

YAY! Site Note: As of today, ThreeLights.NET should be completely XHTML 1.0 compliant.

Several friends already asked me "to either update the webiste" or "to take it down completely". The truth is: My job requires me to relocate a lot. Since I've begun working for money, I do not have much spare time for maintaining this website.

Anyway, while waiting for my permanent residence permit here in Beijing, I had some time to develop. I hope you like the new website design.

I rearranged all the D3DX file installers. They are now all following a unified and more logical naming system. Because this broke all old links, I created standard redirection pages for them. Have fun downloading!

DirectX 9

d3dx9_24.dll (February 2005, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_25.dll (April 2005, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_26.dll (June 2005, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_27.dll (August 2005, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_28.dll (December 2005, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_29.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_30.dll (April 2006, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_31.dll (October 2006, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_32.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_33.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_37.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx9_24.dll (February 2005, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_25.dll (April 2005, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_26.dll (June 2005, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_27.dll (August 2005, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_28.dll (December 2005, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_29.dll (February 2006, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_30.dll (April 2006, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_31.dll (October 2006, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_32.dll (December 2006, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_33.dll (April 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_34.dll (June 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_35.dll (August 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_36.dll (November 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_37.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_38.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
d3dx9_39.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)

DirectX 10

d3dcompiler_33.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dcompiler_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dcompiler_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dcompiler_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit)
D3DCompiler_37.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
D3DCompiler_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
D3DCompiler_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx10.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_33.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_34.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_35.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_36.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_37.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_38.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dx10_39.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
d3dcompiler_32.dll (April 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_34.dll (June 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_35.dll (August 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dcompiler_36.dll (November 2007, 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_37.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_38.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
D3DCompiler_39.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)
d3dx10.dll (December 2006, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_33.dll (April 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_34.dll (June 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_35.dll (August 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_36.dll (November 2007, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_37.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_38.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
d3dx10_39.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)

XAudio & X3DAudio & XACT

x3daudio1_0.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit)
x3daudio1_1.dll (October 2006, 32 Bit)
x3daudio1_2.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit)
X3DAudio1_3.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
X3DAudio1_4.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_0.dll (February 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_1.dll (April 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_2.dll (June 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_3.dll (August 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_4.dll (October 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_5.dll (December 2006, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_6.dll (February 2007, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_7.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_8.dll (June 2007, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_9.dll (August 2007, 32 Bit)
xactengine2_10.dll (November 2007, 32 Bit)
xactengine3_0.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
xactengine3_1.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
xactengine3_2.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
XAPOFX1_0.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
XAPOFX1_1.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
XAudio2_0.dll (March 2008, 32 Bit)
XAudio2_1.dll (June 2008, 32 Bit)
XAudio2_2.dll (August 2008, 32 Bit)
x3daudio1_0.dll (February 2006, 64 Bit)
x3daudio1_1.dll (October 2006, 64 Bit)
x3daudio1_2.dll (June 2007, 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_3.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
X3DAudio1_4.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_0.dll (February 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_1.dll (April 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_2.dll (June 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_3.dll (August 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_4.dll (October 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_5.dll (December 2006, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_6.dll (February 2007, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_7.dll (April 2007, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_8.dll (June 2007, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_9.dll (August 2007, 64 Bit)
xactengine2_10.dll (November 2007, 64 Bit)
xactengine3_0.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
xactengine3_1.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
xactengine3_2.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_0.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
XAPOFX1_1.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)
XAudio2_0.dll (March 2008, 64 Bit)
XAudio2_1.dll (June 2008, 64 Bit)
XAudio2_2.dll (August 2008, 64 Bit)

XInput

xinput9_1_0.dll (October 2005, 32 Bit)
xinput1_1.dll (April 2006, 32 Bit)
xinput1_2.dll (August 2006, 32 Bit)
xinput1_3.dll (April 2007, 32 Bit)
xinput9_1_0.dll (October 2005, 64 Bit)
xinput1_1.dll (April 2006, 64 Bit)
xinput1_2.dll (August 2006, 64 Bit)
xinput1_3.dll (April 2007, 64 Bit)

Managed D3DX

microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2902.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2903.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2904.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2905.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2906.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2907.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2908.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2909.0 (CLR)
microsoft.directx.direct3dx.dll 1.0.2910.0 (CLR)

The change request has been processed. ThreeLights is back with all stuff and all downloads. Btw. I have finally managed to get the domain "www.ThreeLights.net".

Did you visit this site before? Did you see an annoying message about a monthly quota limitation, that prevented you from downloading files? This issue is being resolved right now. I have talked with the provider and we've found a "flexible" solution. From tomorrow, ThreeLights.DE will have unlimited bandwidth.

"Alles für den Dackel! Alles für den Club! Unser Leben für den Hund! - Hund!"

Hi folks! New DLL packages are available for download. Beside adding new D3DX9_xx, XInput and XACT .DLLs you will now also find packages for the "all new" DirectX 10. Have fun!