Visual Studio 2017 Compile DirectX8 - c++

Question

I'm working on an old project that is using DirectX 8, I wonder if there is a way to make Visual Studio 2017 compile the code while still using DirectX8.
Windows SDK = 10.0.16299.0
Toolset = msvc141
I'm using the modern look of MFC applications as sample project, but it's probably has nothing to do with it as it happens only when I include D3DX8.h for example, I get a lot of syntax errors on DirectX side.
I wonder if there is a way to work on directx 8 without me having to keep using Visual C++ 6.0.
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(155): error C2011: '_D3DLIGHTTYPE': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(180): note: see declaration of '_D3DLIGHTTYPE'
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(189): error C2011: '_D3DSHADEMODE': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(214): note: see declaration of '_D3DSHADEMODE'
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(196): error C2011: '_D3DFILLMODE': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(221): note: see declaration of '_D3DFILLMODE'
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(208): error C2011: '_D3DBLEND': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(228): note: see declaration of '_D3DBLEND'
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(225): error C2011: '_D3DBLENDOP': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(255): note: see declaration of '_D3DBLENDOP'
1>c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(234): error C2011: '_D3DTEXTUREADDRESS': 'enum' type redefinition
1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(264): note: see declaration of '_D3DTEXTUREADDRESS'

Answer 1

The Windows SDK does not support DirectX 8 development. Since the first time DirectX became 'part of the OS' was DirectX 9.0c with Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Windows SDK has only ever had Direct3D 9 or later headers.
The last legacy DirectX SDK to support DirectX 8 was August 2007 (the end of life release of the DirectX SDK was June 2010). That was using VS 2005 / VS 2008 with the Windows SDK 6.0.
There are definitely challenges mixing the legacy DirectX SDK with the Windows SDK. There are instructions on Microsoft Docs for using the June 2010 version, but as I noted that doesn't include Direct3D 8.
See DirectX SDKs of a certain age and A Brief History of Windows SDKs

Answer 2

You need to add the library and include directory of <winsdk6.0a> and to your project
PlatformToolsets select v100
props file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="Current"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!-- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171458.aspx -->
<PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
<WinSDKDir>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A</WinSDKDir>
<WinSDKInc>$(WinSDKDir)\include</WinSDKInc>
<WinSDKLib>$(WinSDKDir)\lib</WinSDKLib>
<DX8SDKDir>$(UserSDKDir)\DirectX\DX8.1bSDK</DX8SDKDir>
<DX8SDKInc>$(DX8SDKDir)\include</DX8SDKInc>
<DX8SDKLib>$(DX8SDKDir)\lib</DX8SDKLib>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<DebuggerFlavor>WindowsLocalDebugger</DebuggerFlavor>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemDefinitionGroup>
<ClCompile>
<AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(WinSDKInc);$(DX8SDKInc);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
</ClCompile>
<Link>
<AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(WinSDKLib);$(DX8SDKLib);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
<AdditionalDependencies>d3d8.lib;DxErr8.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
<AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">d3dx8d.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
<AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">d3dx8.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
</Link>
</ItemDefinitionGroup>
</Project>

Answer 3

From the error line :
c:\mmorpg\directx\dx3d8\dxf\dxsdk\include\d3d8types.h(155): error C2011: '_D3DLIGHTTYPE': 'enum' type redefinition 1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared\d3d9types.h(180): note: see declaration of '_D3DLIGHTTYPE'
=> you are including obviously two version of directX headers d3d8types.h and d3d9types.h , referencing the exact same symbols.
I think it should be only one of them included.
To trace what cause the include of d3d9types.h file, in Visual Studio, you can activate the showIncludes compiler option :
Show includes compiler option