App that manipulates graphics

[Yuriy Zubarev]

Hello everyone,

I'm starting with new endeavour of writing Windows-based application
in C# that will manipulate graphic elements in a certain manner (I
will describe it briefly bellow). Being a seasoned developer in
general, I don't have any experience with what I'm about to start
implementing. What I'm looking for is name of technologies (even list
o acronyms will be a great start), references to books or articles and
may be some guidelines from knowledgeable people on where to start.

The application will do the following: taking a file with coordinates
of many dots it will render a map of a surface. Once map is rendered,
a user will be able to select different shapes (lines, triangles,
circles and likes) and draw them upon the map. All those shapes on the
map are not just images, their properties can be changed at any time,
they can be resized, shifted and deleted. The underlying map is not
just an image either, it will have attributes that will govern the
look of the map dynamically.

That's what I am trying to write. If you have any advice on what to
read and where to start in respect to .NET (C#), it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Yuriy Zubarev

[Rob Tillie]

Because your app is relying heavily on graphics, I would consider using
managed DirectX 9 as it is much faster then drawing with GDI+
(System.Drawing).

Greetz,
-- Rob.

Yuriy Zubarev wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm starting with new endeavour of writing Windows-based application
in C# that will manipulate graphic elements in a certain manner (I
will describe it briefly bellow). Being a seasoned developer in
general, I don't have any experience with what I'm about to start
implementing. What I'm looking for is name of technologies (even list
o acronyms will be a great start), references to books or articles and
may be some guidelines from knowledgeable people on where to start.

The application will do the following: taking a file with coordinates
of many dots it will render a map of a surface. Once map is rendered,
a user will be able to select different shapes (lines, triangles,
circles and likes) and draw them upon the map. All those shapes on the
map are not just images, their properties can be changed at any time,
they can be resized, shifted and deleted. The underlying map is not
just an image either, it will have attributes that will govern the
look of the map dynamically.

That's what I am trying to write. If you have any advice on what to
read and where to start in respect to .NET (C#), it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Yuriy Zubarev

[Kemal Enver]

I personally would rather use openGL than direct3d (I believe direct draw
has been excluded in dx9). As there is no 'official' binding to openGL with
c#, if you are interested take a look here:

http://csgl.sourceforge.net/

I'm not sure if your app is going to be 2d or 3d (it sounds 2d). Either way
you can use dx or opengl, as 2d is a subset of 3d.

----
Kemal Enver
u0**@dcs.shef.ac.uk
"Rob Tillie" <Ro********@student.tul.edu> wrote in message
news:O1**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Because your app is relying heavily on graphics, I would consider using
managed DirectX 9 as it is much faster then drawing with GDI+
(System.Drawing).

Greetz,
-- Rob.

Yuriy Zubarev wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm starting with new endeavour of writing Windows-based application
in C# that will manipulate graphic elements in a certain manner (I
will describe it briefly bellow). Being a seasoned developer in
general, I don't have any experience with what I'm about to start
implementing. What I'm looking for is name of technologies (even list
o acronyms will be a great start), references to books or articles and
may be some guidelines from knowledgeable people on where to start.

The application will do the following: taking a file with coordinates
of many dots it will render a map of a surface. Once map is rendered,
a user will be able to select different shapes (lines, triangles,
circles and likes) and draw them upon the map. All those shapes on the
map are not just images, their properties can be changed at any time,
they can be resized, shifted and deleted. The underlying map is not
just an image either, it will have attributes that will govern the
look of the map dynamically.

That's what I am trying to write. If you have any advice on what to
read and where to start in respect to .NET (C#), it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Yuriy Zubarev

[Rob Tillie]

In the terrarium app, they used directx also (8 in that time).
I would recommend DirectX 9, as it is the most used API (for games), and the
most highlevel.
In OpenGL, you have to create all objects like Vertex, Edge, Mesh, etc.
yourself.

Greetz,
-- Rob.

Kemal Enver wrote:

I personally would rather use openGL than direct3d (I believe direct
draw has been excluded in dx9). As there is no 'official' binding to
openGL with c#, if you are interested take a look here:

http://csgl.sourceforge.net/

I'm not sure if your app is going to be 2d or 3d (it sounds 2d).
Either way you can use dx or opengl, as 2d is a subset of 3d.

----
Kemal Enver
u0**@dcs.shef.ac.uk
"Rob Tillie" <Ro********@student.tul.edu> wrote in message
news:O1**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Because your app is relying heavily on graphics, I would consider
using managed DirectX 9 as it is much faster then drawing with GDI+
(System.Drawing).

Greetz,
-- Rob.

Yuriy Zubarev wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm starting with new endeavour of writing Windows-based application
in C# that will manipulate graphic elements in a certain manner (I
will describe it briefly bellow). Being a seasoned developer in
general, I don't have any experience with what I'm about to start
implementing. What I'm looking for is name of technologies (even
list
o acronyms will be a great start), references to books or articles
and may be some guidelines from knowledgeable people on where to
start.

The application will do the following: taking a file with
coordinates of many dots it will render a map of a surface. Once
map is rendered,
a user will be able to select different shapes (lines, triangles,
circles and likes) and draw them upon the map. All those shapes on
the map are not just images, their properties can be changed at any
time, they can be resized, shifted and deleted. The underlying map
is not just an image either, it will have attributes that will
govern the
look of the map dynamically.

That's what I am trying to write. If you have any advice on what to
read and where to start in respect to .NET (C#), it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Yuriy Zubarev