Managed DirectX® 9 Kick Start: Graphics and Game Programming

Namespaces Included

The Managed DirectX API has a relatively obvious set of namespaces, breaking down the functionality into the various “core” components housed in DirectX. There is also the generic “Microsoft.DirectX” namespace that houses the common functionality. The full list of namespaces included in Managed DirectX is listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Managed DirectX Namespaces

Microsoft.DirectX	Parent namespace, holds all common code.
Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D	Direct3D graphics API, as well as the D3DX helper library.
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw	DirectDraw graphics API.
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectPlay	DirectPlay networking API.
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound	DirectSound audio API.
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput	DirectInput user input API.
Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback ...