My options for Directx

siavoshkc · 09-20-2006, 11:17 AM

What are my options for using Directx library in my app?

COM, .NET and native lib? Am I right?

**CornedBee** · 09-20-2006, 12:05 PM

No. The native lib is just an easier way to get at the COM objects. Effectively your options are COM and .Net.

siavoshkc · 09-20-2006, 12:31 PM

You mean native lib is a COM wrapper?

**CornedBee** · 09-20-2006, 03:46 PM

All the native DirectX libraries contain are a few functions that wrap the CoInitializeEx and CoCreateInstance calls.

Oh, and of course they contain the implementations of the COM objects. So effectively, COM and native lib are the same.

siavoshkc · 09-20-2006, 04:07 PM

.Net is a wrapper for COM? Or...?

[EDIT]

Anyway how should I use COM in a C# app?

prog-bman · 09-21-2006, 01:03 AM

Add a reference to the com object in your project. You know you can select directx from a .net componet right? Or maybe I am confused by what you mean.

siavoshkc · 09-21-2006, 01:43 AM

Quote:

You know you can select directx from a .net componet right?

No I can't. Only new version supports .net.

prog-bman · 09-22-2006, 01:18 AM

Ok then just add a COM reference to directx. You can use it by declaring the class(es) that you want to use from directx and just new them out. Now I can't tell you what classes etc cause well I am not a directx man but I have done a fair amount of COM + C# ness it is fairly easy to do.
This maybe?: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadF...6-8c0d3fa71f07

siavoshkc · 09-26-2006, 08:41 AM

The link didn't opened.

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09-20-2006, 12:31 PM	#3
siavoshkc System Novice Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tehran Posts: 1,075	You mean native lib is a COM wrapper? __________________ Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional (On Microsoft Windows XP SP2) Learn the language before using it. (C++ Books and C Books) Read the FAQ before making a problem. Then make a Google and Forum search. My code painter new version Version 0.97 DOWNLOAD NOW! (Let the pop up, pop!) SiavoshKC
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09-20-2006, 03:46 PM	#4
CornedBee Cat without Hat Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,492	All the native DirectX libraries contain are a few functions that wrap the CoInitializeEx and CoCreateInstance calls. Oh, and of course they contain the implementations of the COM objects. So effectively, COM and native lib are the same. __________________ All the buzzt! CornedBee "There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code." - Flon's Law
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siavoshkc System Novice Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tehran Posts: 1,075	.Net is a wrapper for COM? Or...? [EDIT] Anyway how should I use COM in a C# app? __________________ Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional (On Microsoft Windows XP SP2) Learn the language before using it. (C++ Books and C Books) Read the FAQ before making a problem. Then make a Google and Forum search. My code painter new version Version 0.97 DOWNLOAD NOW! (Let the pop up, pop!) SiavoshKC Last edited by siavoshkc; 09-20-2006 at 11:25 PM.
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prog-bman Sweet Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,698	Ok then just add a COM reference to directx. You can use it by declaring the class(es) that you want to use from directx and just new them out. Now I can't tell you what classes etc cause well I am not a directx man but I have done a fair amount of COM + C# ness it is fairly easy to do. This maybe?: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadF...6-8c0d3fa71f07 __________________ Woop? Last edited by prog-bman; 09-22-2006 at 01:24 AM.
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