C# and Managed DirectX Class Examples

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Week One - Event Driven Programming and Managed D3D.

This week shows just enough to use C# and Windows Forms to allow us to interact with Direct3d. You will learn about the use of:

Basic Windows Forms application creation.
Mouse event handling and testing for Control, Alt, or Shift keys.
Using a Timer component with the form.
Setting up a Direct3D device and displaying in a control.
Multiple projects, classes, and namespaces.
Differences from the MFC versions.

The main point of this week is to see how the Windows Forms versions differ from the MFC versions.

NOTE:

The corresponding MFC versions can be found at the CSS 450, Fall 2003 web page under Weekly Examples -- Week One.
http://courses.washington.edu/css450/Fall2003/class_examples/week1/index.htm

C# Class Examples	Description	Notes
1.simple_csharp_windows_forms.zip MFC version: 1.simple_mfc.zip	Create a basic Windows Forms Application. Note some differences from the MFC version.
2.simple_button_and_echo.zip MFC version: 2.simple_button_and_echo.zip	Add controls to the form. Introduce events and simple event handling.
3.button_echo_and_trackbar.zip MFC version: 3.button_echo_and_slider_bar.zip	Add a couple of trackbars to the form. Handle the scroll event of the trackbars.
4.timer_event.zip MFC version: 4.timer_event.zip	Add a Timer component to the form. Add mouse handling events (with Modifier keys). Echo the mouse location to the status area.
5.with_separate_lib.zip MFC version: 5.with_separate_lib.zip	Extend class example 4. Add a new project to the solution. The new project is called GraphicsAPI. Add a Utility class to the new project. Set up the references and dependencies between the projects in the solution and introduce changes dealing with namespaces to keep things neat and clean.
6.update_data.zip MFC version: 6.update_data.zip	Extend class example 5. This example is really just informational in nature and can be skipped if you want. Add a CheckBox control. Demonstrate some “dynamic” updating of the controls. As the timer ticks, the two TrackBars will decrease in value until they are zero. You can toggle this on/off with the checkbox.
7.with_d3d_device.zip MFC version: 7.with_d3d_device.zip	Extend class example 5. (Take out some stuff from example 6). Add Direct3D to the application and initialize! Add a new class that inherits from a Windows Forms control such as a PictureBox and use that class from the main form to host Direct3D. Use the TrackBar controls on the form to alter the color that the Direct3D device will “clear” with.
8.d3d_with_mouse.zip MFC version: 8.d3d_with_mouse.zip	Extend class example 7. Add mouse handling events for the Direct3D drawing area (D3dDrawable class, which is a PictureBox derived control). Create a new AppMain.cs file for convenience. Add an EchoToStatusArea method to the AppMain.cs file for a “global” hook into the Form1 status area.