Softcover

ISBN 10: 0079137806 ISBN 13: 9780079137807

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1999

With the "McGraw-Hill Complete Series" you get 100% of what you need to deliver fully functional applications fast. You get complete coverage of technical issues from experts who understand the problems you must solve.

From the Back Cover:

With the McGraw-Hill Companies Series, you get 100% of what you need to deliver fully functional applications fast. You get complete coverage of technical issues from experts who understand the problems you must solve. DirectX is the linchpin technology that makes computer games and multimedia applications run seamlessly on Windows and NT platforms. Allowing direct access to hardware capabilities, such as sound video, it empowers programmers to spend time building jazzier applications--not fretting over differences among chip sets and device drivers.

This guide delivers all the know-how you need to put the Direct X API to work. With DirectX Complete on your side, you'll be able to: add glitch-free graphics, animation, sound, and network links to applications for Windows or NT on any hardware; Master DirectX development through step-by-step examples; apply the building blocks of DirectX--DirectDraw, DirectSound, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectMusic--and link them; develop your own DirectX libraries.

About the Author:

Michael D. Root is head of software development for Sunstorm Interactive, a developer of Windows games.