DirectX7

The DirectX7 class serves as a starting point for the DirectX component technologies. This class contains methods which create the main objects for the DirectDraw®, Direct3D®, DirectSound®, DirectInput®, DirectPlay®, and DirectMusic® application programming interfaces. It also contains global methods used by various DirectX components.

An instance of this class is usually the first object created in your DirectX application. It can be obtained by declaring an object variable as New, as in the following example:

Public objDX7 As New DirectX7

The methods of the DirectX7 class can be organized into the following groups: