This section pertains only to application development in C++. See Direct3D Immediate Mode Visual Basic Samples.

This section provides descriptions of sample applications provided with the DirectX SDK that are primarily intended to demonstrate how to use Direct3D Immediate Mode. The following samples are described:

• Bend Sample
• Billboard Sample
• Boids Sample
• BumpEarth Sample
• BumpWaves Sample
• ClipMirror Sample
• Compress Sample
• D3DFrame Library
• Dolphin Sample
• EnumTex Sample
• EnvCube Sample
• Filter Sample
• Fireworks Sample
• Flare Sample
• LightMap Sample
• Lights Sample
• MFCFog Sample
• MipMap Sample
• MTexture Sample
• ScreenSaver Sample
• ShadowVol Sample
• ShadowVol2 Sample
• Spheremap Sample
• StencilDepth Sample
• StencilMirror Sample
• VBuffer Sample
• VideoTex Sample
• WBuffer Sample
• XFile Sample

Note  Most of the sample applications have a common interface (found in the D3DFrame Library) that has no menu bar. In addition to normal Microsoft® Windows® functions (minimize, maximize, restore, resize, and close), the interface supports the following commands:

The device options dialog box allows the user to change the driver, Direct3D device, or display mode (full-screen only) at run time. Not all devices can support rendering in a window at all display depths. Three-dimensional (3-D) hardware has finite video memory that may be exceeded for certain display modes and window sizes. In either case, the samples display a message and default to a software rasterizer.

Although DirectX samples include Microsoft® Visual C++® project workspace files, you might need to verify other settings in your development environment to ensure that the samples compile properly. For more information, see Compiling DirectX Samples and Other DirectX Applications.

See Also

Direct3D Immediate Mode C/C++ Tutorials