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DirectX
7 Tutorials
December
1999
This
was the first version of
Microsoft's high-performance
multimedia programming API that
was available to your average
Visual Basic Programmer. Whilst
several good 3rd party libraries
existed before hand, the release
of an officially supported
version of DirectX for Visual
Basic can be considered to be
the starting point for
respectable multimedia
programming in VB. |
Microsoft
DirectX 7 was divided into the
following areas:
DirectDraw -
19 Tutorials
High Performance 2D graphics API
Direct3D Immediate
Mode - 11 Tutorials
High Performance 3D graphics API
Direct3D Retained Mode
- 4 Tutorials
General Purpose / Simpler 3D Graphics
API
DirectSound -
9 Tutorials
High functionality, Low-Latency sound
effects playback and recording API
DirectMusic -
5 Tutorials
A fully featured music playback and
composing API
DirectInput -
3 Tutorials
Support for almost every known input
device for the PC! All accessed
through a simple-to-use API
DirectPlay -
2 Tutorials
High Performance network/internet API
mainly for programming
Multiplayer/Online games