You should learn C++ before trying to hack in it. You have to download DX9\8 SDK and plugin the includes\Libs, DX10 SDK doesn't support DX8, so it has to be DX9\8.
There are two types of tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.
If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?