Introducing DirectX 5

DirectX® 5 provides strategies, technologies and tools that can help you build the next generation of computer games and multimedia applications. This overview covers general introductory information about the DirectX 5 Programmer's Reference in the Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation. Information is divided into the following sections:

·DirectX Goals

·The DirectX Programmer's Reference

·DirectX and the Component Object Model

·What's New in DirectX 5?

·Conventions