Introduction to DirectAnimation

Welcome to the Microsoft® DirectAnimation® documentation. Before jumping into any of the reference sections, consider reading the topics in the "Getting Started" and "Programmer's Guide" sections first. These sections provide important overview and conceptual information about DirectAnimation that you will need in other areas of the documentation. For the most recent updates to this documentation, consult the Microsoft® DirectX® Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX/dxm/.

Getting Started

Provides general information about Microsoft DirectAnimation to help you get oriented when first starting. The What's New in DirectAnimation? section lists the new features and enhancements in this version of DirectAnimation.

Guide to Samples

Contains descriptions of the templates, exercises, and showcase samples included with DirectAnimation and step-by-step procedures describing how to create simple animations in Microsoft® JScript®, Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition, and Java, and how to build the C++ samples. When viewed in HTML, includes live links to the DirectAnimation samples. You can also access the samples from the DXMedia\Samples\Multimedia\DAnim folder.

Interactive Script Demos

Contains interactive tools to help you create animated geometries, transforms, and more in JScript, see the results, and then save the HTML file you've created.

DirectAnimation Multimedia Controls

Contains the reference for the DirectAnimation dynamic HTML multimedia controls, wizards that allow you to experiment with the controls, and links to the control samples.

Programmer's Guide

Discusses a variety of concepts and techniques useful to many types of DirectAnimation authors, such as coordinate systems, URLs and paths, and events in DirectAnimation. Also discusses DirectAnimation behaviors and how to use them, media types (images, geometries, and sound) and the operations that can be performed on them, sequencing, switching, time substitution, integrals and derivatives, and more.

Animation Primer

Brings together different concepts exposed throughout the DirectAnimation documentation, especially those that deal with timing, starting, and switching behaviors, to get you going in the right direction.

Scripting Reference

Provides detailed reference information about the DirectAnimation functions that make animations accessible to Web authors, script writers, and COM programmers.

Java Reference

Provides detailed reference information about the DirectAnimation Java classes.

COM/C++ Reference - DirectAnimation Interfaces

Describes the DirectAnimation interface methods that are accessible only through COM.

Animation Glossary

Defines basic animation terms and how basic animation features are implemented in DirectAnimation.

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