Re: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools Finally Available

From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 1999 - 11:44:28 MDT


Ken Meyering wrote:

> Today Microsoft released their DirectX 7.0 SDK.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Sept99/DirectX7pr.htm
>
> While the download is rather large at 129Mb, I expect it'll be worth
> the wait.
>
> Finally, for those of us mere mortals who are frustrated with C++ but
> can manage to program in Visual Basic, VB can now access the API for
> 3D graphics and sound.

If C++ is enough to frustrate you then you're going to have a hell of a time
with DirectX (and, no doubt, even more fun accessing it through VB).

BM



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