| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic) |
Applications use the methods of the Direct3D8 class to create Microsoft® Direct3D® objects and set up the environment. This class includes methods for enumerating and retrieving capabilities of the device.
The Direct3D8 class is obtained by calling the DirectX8.Direct3DCreate method.
The methods of the Direct3D8 class can be organized into the following groups.
| Creation | CreateDevice |
| Enumeration | EnumAdapterModes |
| Information | GetAdapterCount |
| GetAdapterDisplayMode | |
| GetAdapterIdentifier | |
| GetAdapterModeCount | |
| GetAdapterMonitor | |
| GetDeviceCaps | |
| Registration | RegisterSoftwareDevice |
| Verification | CheckDepthStencilMatch |
| CheckDeviceFormat | |
| CheckDeviceMultiSampleType | |
| CheckDeviceType |