by RobertDunlop (Author)
From the first hour, Sams Teach Yourself DirectX 7 in 24 Hours has you creating your own DirectX-enabled applications. Author Robert Dunlop guides you through the complicated DirectX APIs, empowering you to create your own DirectX powered applications featuring smooth 3D graphics and sound. In addition to laying the COM-based DirectX foundation, Robert covers animation, DirectSound, DirectMusic, Direct3D, control devices, force feedback controls, and multi-user games. This book is an ideal starting point to hone your DirectX skills quickly and easily.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 450
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Publisher: Sams
Published: 13 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 067231634X
ISBN 13: 9780672316340
Book Overview: From the first hour, Sams Teach Yourself DirectX 7 in 24 Hours has you creating your own DirectX-enabled applications. Author Robert Dunlop guides you through the complicated DirectX APIs, empowering you to create your own DirectX powered applications featuring smooth 3D graphics and sound. In addition to laying the COM-based DirectX foundation, Robert covers animation, DirectSound, DirectMusic, Direct3D, control devices, force feedback controls, and multi-user games. This book is an ideal starting point to hone your DirectX skills quickly and easily.
Robert Dunlop is Microsoft?s first and only MVP (Most Valuable Professional)for DirectX. Robert is a veteran game developer with over 10 years of programming experience, and a principal of Monarch Interactive, Inc., a company devoted to creation of new entertainment titles for the PC. Robert works very closely with the DirectX Team at Microsoft, and has been on the DirectX Beta Team since 1994.