Blitz style lib for C++ with dx9

Is there anything like this around? I need to use c++ for some work im doing but it needs a 2d or potentially 3d representation of whats going on. If there is no blitz style lib for this, is there anything else around which makes creating windows, rendering, etc even almost as simple as b3d?

cheers,

Dark Game Sdk? Maybe
But Im not recomending it.

Closest I've seen is Nuclear3D:
http://www.nuclearglory.com/products/n3d/

Try the Allegro Library:

http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro
also check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_library

Its open-source, free, and very capable. Has many of the capabilities the Blitz products do (although a little harder to use -- the Blitz products make it all very easy!). Just download it, and add the proper #includes to your C/CPP program, and you are all set... You'll probably need to refer to the Allergro Help and Docs to learn how to use all the functions (statements) and variables it provides though.

Only thing is, I don't remember if it supports DirectX (its been a long time since I did any coding with Allegro)... It might be OpenGL only.

Try acidstub, works quite well, once you get it all going.
[EDIT: just realised you want DX9, so might not be what you need.]