Tools for DirectX Graphics

This section lists tools and utilities provided for DirectX graphics.

In this section

Topic	Description
Debugging DirectX apps remotely	You can use Visual Studio and the Windows 8 SDK to debug DirectX apps remotely.
Effect-Compiler Tool	FXC (fxc.exe) is an offline tool for compiling HLSL shaders for all versions of Direct3D. The tool is located at: (SDK root)\Utilities\Bin\x86\
Direct3D Diagnostics Capture Interface Reference	This section covers APIs for the Direct3D graphics diagnostics capture interface.

Topic

Description

You can use Visual Studio and the Windows 8 SDK to debug DirectX apps remotely.

FXC (fxc.exe) is an offline tool for compiling HLSL shaders for all versions of Direct3D. The tool is located at:

(SDK root)\Utilities\Bin\x86\

This section covers APIs for the Direct3D graphics diagnostics capture interface.