Welcome to the Cutting-Edge Direct3D Programming Page
Cutting-Edge Direct3D Programming is a book I wrote in 1996 on writing 3D applications using Direct3D Retained-Mode. The book includes 22 demos, an object viewer, and a custom AppWizard for Visual C++ that generates the source code and project files for complete Direct3D applications.
In the meanwhile Microsoft has dropped support of Retained-Mode, although it is still shipped with DirectX.
For a programming book--this book is ancient. I've posted updates, particularly for the AppWizard section, but in general I don't provide the best support for code-related questions because it's been so long since I wrote the code that I have trouble solving problems. I don't mind questions, but don't take it personally if I'm not much help.
By the way, despite the fact that the Retained Mode documentation has been removed from the DirectX documentation, the documentation is available at www.microsoft.com/directx/dxm/help/d3drm/c-frame.htm.