DirectX8 DrawText RECT Type Mismatch

[Kimimaru]

Hey, everyone! I'm currently converting my game to use DirectX8, and I'm having some difficulty. I'm starting out with changing the way the Client draws out text, also known as Sub DrawText. I have everything set up well, but the only thing stopping me from testing out what I've done is a 'Type Mismatch' error in Sub DrawText. Here's my Sub:

```
Public Sub DrawText(ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal Text As String, color As Long)
    Dim TextRect As RECT

    TextRect.Top = y
    TextRect.Bottom = TextRect.Top + 20
    TextRect.Left = x
    TextRect.Right = TextRect.Left + Len(Text) + 10
    Direct3DX.DrawText MainFont, D3DColorRGBA(255, 255, 255, 255), Text, TextRect, DT_TOP Or DT_CENTER
End Sub
```
It's giving me a type mismatch error on **TextRect** in the Direct3DX.DrawText statement. Any suggestions on why this is happening? Thanks in advance.

[Robin]

Don't use DrawText. It's as slow in DX8 as it is in DD7.

Create your own texture and use that.

[Kimimaru]

Okay, thanks, but how would I go about doing that? I know how to initialize textures and stuff like that, but how do I create a texture that serves as text?