Programming Guide
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (October 2004)

Programming Guide


This guide contains a description of the graphics pipeline implemented by Microsoft Direct3D. It is a guide for developers who implement 3-D graphics functionality into their applications. The guide contains architecture descriptions, functional block diagrams, and descriptions of the building blocks in the pipeline, as well as code snippets and sample applications. The information is divided into the following sections:

For more information about specific application programming interface (API) methods, see the Reference pages.



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