| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic) | 
Applications use the methods of the Direct3DVolumeTexture8 class to manipulate a volume texture resource.
The Direct3DVolumeTexture8 class is obtained by calling the Direct3DDevice8.CreateVolumeTexture method. The methods of the Direct3DVolumeTexture8 class can be organized into the following groups.
| Information | GetLevelDesc | 
| Locking Volumes | LockBox | 
| UnlockBox | |
| Miscellaneous | AddDirtyBox | 
| GetVolumeLevel | 
This class inherits additional functionality from the Direct3DBaseTexture8 class.