Re: Direct3D and Unmanaged Host

From: Kevin Spencer (kspencer_at_takempis.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:00:59 -0400

Okay, a C# User Control is an ASP.Net UI element that renders HTML. So, now
I'm REALLY confused! You don't want to render HTML; you want to display a
DirectX app. This can only be done in a Windows Form, which you could
theoretically host in IE (can't be sure absolutely, but I can't see why not
offhand - of course, we ARE talking about DirectX here). 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living
"Defiant" <jean.darc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:ehY4h8KpEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Having read my original post I realize that perhaps I didn't provide
> sufficient details and made too many assumptions of what I am aiming to
> accomplish...
>
> What I meant with Direct3D working inside an unmanaged host was:
>
> A C# user control which uses Managed Direct X and is compiled into a
Managed
> .NET dll is then run inside Internet Explorer (the unmanaged host).
> Obviously the machine running the software must have the .NET runtime
> installed. The terminology and concepts were taken from the following MSDN
> article:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/WindowsForms/default.aspx
> Scroll down to the section entitled "Managed Controls in Unmanaged Hosts"
>
> As you can see Internet Explorer is able to host user controls written
> against the .NET framework with certain restrictions.
> One of those restrictions, I have discovered, is that you can not use
Unsafe
> Code.
>
> Now if I create a simple User Control with a button which when clicked
> changes the background color then all works well in Internet Explorer.
> Whereas if I reference the DirectX assemblies and attempt to use any of
the
> objects therein the user control fails to run.
>
> I hope I am a little clearer about what I am aiming to achieve.
>
> Thanks
>
> Defiant
>
>
> "Kevin Spencer" <kspencer@takempis.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Xag5WKpEHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Managed code must be run on the .Net platform. The browser doesn't have
> > anything to do with it. You could certainly run a DirectX app in a
browser
> > by embedding a Windows form in the browser (not sure how easy it would
be
> > to
> > do), but only if the OS has the .Net Platform installed.
> >
> > -- 
> > HTH,
> > Kevin Spencer
> > .Net Developer
> > Microsoft MVP
> > I get paid good money to
> > solve puzzles for a living
> >
> > "Defiant" <jean.darc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:upZ$LQBpEHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Is there any way of getting Direct3D to work inside unmanaged host like
> >> Internet Explorer?
> >> I've included a little demo program, any help would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Defiant
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>