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Hi,
I know I am years away from this but, Can I use DirectX 9-10 to code the GUI for my os?
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yes, you are years away from this...


yes you can, if you first implement it (it is a complex system, do not underestimate that, and it wont solve your driver problem... you will still need drivers to work with your directX subsystem)
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Post by chase »

Instead of rewritting directX so you can do your GUI in it may I suggest OpenGL? There is even a sample implementation http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/
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8) Sounds like a lot of work...........
You have to remember these points
1)DirectX was not made in a Day!!!
2)DirectX is just indented as an API & not 4 Os development
3)DirectX was not built by a single person.......!

I am not discoraging you,but to do it yourself ,it requires herculian effort
from your side...
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Post by Legend »

I guess you would run into legal troubles by duplicating DirectX, too.
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Legend wrote:I guess you would run into legal troubles by duplicating DirectX, too.
I don't know about that. It's an API after all, which everyone should know stands for Application Programming Interface, and as an interface it shouldn't be copyrighted/patented. (Imagine if the RJ-45 or DB-15 were, and you had to pay for using them... how many people would switch to connector X?)

The underlying code might be protected, but the interface by it's very nature is public. And maybe it is actually covered by patent/copyright... though that makes little sense in my oppinion.
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