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Started by Elite19 November 03, 2003 01:39 AM

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Elite19

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November 03, 2003 01:39 AM

Hi, I would like to learn directx and i have heard in a lot of places it is all about com. I use c# and i just d/l the managed directx sdk and the first paragrah says that managed dx got rid of com. Is com some sort of api? Do i still need to know it if i only use .net languges? Thanks in advance for any info.

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flangazor

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November 03, 2003 04:47 AM

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Spudder

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November 03, 2003 10:43 AM

COM defines a binary specification for it''s objects that allows any language that provides pointers to functions - ie C++, to use them as the positions of the functions are set so a COM DLL made in C++ could be used in VB, it doesn''t have to recompiled for each new language - it just needs to be in a format that language can use.