C and C++ Programming Topics

This section pertains only to applications written in C++. For an introduction to programming for DirectX in Visual Basic, see Visual Basic Programming Topics.

This section introduces some general topics that pertain to programming with any of the DirectX Foundation APIs. The following topics are discussed:

• The Component Object Model
• Using Callback Functions
• Version Checking
• Compiling DirectX Samples and Other DirectX Applications
• Debugging DirectX Applications