Managed DirectX

OK. So here I am trying to do a rush job. I need to do some cute work with DirectX in VB.NET. Rushed because I need to write the code – someone else was going to but has not been able to. So here I am trying to write it, and write it under a deadline. Only now I have another distraction. Actually I have a few, but one main one.

Anyway I am now trying to learn DirectX, but not the graphics, but the sound part. Seems that most people are interested in graphics, and not the sound side. When they are interested in sound, it is getting sounds out of the computer in 5.1 surround sound. It is too bad if you actually want to get sound from a microphone.

There is also the problem that ‘Managed’ DirectX is fairly new. Microsoft have documentation everywhere that states in large friendly RED letters that “This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.”.

Things are a learning curve. The documentation assumes that you know what you are wanting to do, and are just reading the documentation because someone told you it was a good idea. Oh, and do you think they mention VB in the examples. Not at all…