The information in this section pertains only to applications written in C and C++. See Direct3D Immediate Mode Visual Basic Tutorials.

To properly prepare a system-managed texture in a 3-D scene, follow these steps:

• Step 1.1: Set the Texture Coordinates
• Step 1.2: Prepare the Texture Surface
• Step 1.3: Enable Texture Management
• Step 1.4: Enumerate the Texture Formats

Before creating a texture for a primitive, you need to define the vertices of the primitive along its texture coordinates. This task is defined in Step 1.1: Set the Texture Coordinates.