USING DIRECTX FROM VISUAL BASIC

1. USING DIRECTX FROM VB
       
        The provided TLB files describes some of the objects exposed by the DirectX API and allow to use them as if they were native Visual Basic objects (DirectX is "Component Object Model" based).

2. INSTALLATION

        Intended for Visual Basic 5.0 and Windows 95. It should work also with the NT version of DirectX.
        DirectX3 should be installed on your computer. You may also want to download the DirectX SDK from http://www.microsoft.com/directx to get full documentation on DirectX usage...

        To install :
pkunzip -d dxvb01.zip

Content of the destination folder :
LISEZMOI.TXT    Readme file, french version.
README.TXT      This readme file.

.\GLOBE folder : textured globe

.\TLB folder :
D3D.TLB  Support for Direct3D
DDRAW.TLB       Support for DirectDraw

3. HOW TO CREATE A DIRECTX PROJECT ?

        Just use the "References" command under the "Project" menu. Then click the browse button and select the relevant(s) TLB file(s). You should also unselect the OLE automation STDOLE.TLB file and use STDOLE32.TLB instead.

4. KNOWN ISSUES

        Please note that these files are provided "as is" and are the results of my very first tests. Their goal is to allow simple experiment with DirectX (in fact my first goal was to see if COM was able to do such a thing). However I plan to improve these first files...

Patrice Scribe
[[Email Removed]]