MDX-101: A simple window

To get a simple DirectX window running inside a panel on a form using Managed DirectX do the following:

1) Create a new WinForms project
2) On the main form, drop a panel (panel1) onto the form.
3) Change the Main() function in Program.cs to look as follows:

static void Main()
{
  using (Form1 frm = new Form1())
  {
      frm.Show();

      while (frm.Created)
      {
          frm.Render();
          Application.DoEvents();
       }
  }
}

4) Put the following code into Form1.cs:

private Device device;

public Form1()
{
   InitializeComponent();

   InitDirectX();
}

void InitDirectX()
{
   PresentParameters pp = new PresentParameters();
   pp.SwapEffect = SwapEffect.Discard;
   pp.Windowed = true;

   device = new Device(0, DeviceType.Hardware, panel1,
            CreateFlags.SoftwareVertexProcessing, pp);
}

internal void Render()
{
   device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, Color.Black, 1.0f, 0);
   device.BeginScene();
  
   device.EndScene();
   device.Present();
}

Don't forget to reference Microsoft.DirectX.

That's it.