I studied the code that comes with the C# DX SDK and noticed that in
\Samples\C#\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tutorial6\meshes.cs the Main-method looks like this:
static void Main()
{
using (Meshes frm = new Meshes())
{
if (!frm.InitializeGraphics()) // Initialize Direct3D
{
MessageBox.Show("Could not initialize Direct3D. This tutorial will exit.");
return;
}
frm.Show();
// While the form is still valid, render and process messages
while(frm.Created)
{
frm.Render();
Application.DoEvents();
}
}
}
I wondered why they used a using directive (line 3) so I changed the code to
static void Main()
{
Meshes frm = new Meshes()
{
if (!frm.InitializeGraphics()) // Initialize Direct3D
{
...
and it still compiled and ran! This sample isn't the only one they uses the using directive, but the question is why do they use it? I did a quick search on MSDN but didn't find anyting. Can anyone please explain?
[edited by - Enselic on April 20, 2004 9:03:28 AM]
) and the the app has stopped executing. It seems that you can''t assume that the GC will kick in at the end of you app, so if you''re using classes that are visible on screen, you want to declare for how long you are using it...
