Cropping Textures in Direct3D

I'm using D3D8 and want to crop textures, is there any better way than dealing with texture coordinates?

I suppose you mean cropping like in 3ds max? If so texture coordinates are the only way I can think of...

Why don't you want to use Texture coordinates? If they come in percentages I can see where you're coming from, but if not whats the problem?

It's not a problem, I'm just looking for another way. As you can see in my mDXGraphics I'm using tex coords but there's always a better way.. maybe ;)

Actually I haven't had a chance - I've got to reinstall Win2k (in about 3 minutes actually ;)), so I won't have a chance.

The only other way I can think of is offsetting a bit array (how you do it is up to you). If you're thinking of zooming them in and out, how about making yourself a custom fuction?

VB Code:

Function ZoomTexCoord(Orig() As PointAPI, ZoomFactor As Single, NewPoints() As PointAPI
Dim Width As Long
Dim Height As Long
Dim cX As Long
Dim cY As Long
 
'Let me explain; the Orig() array is the texture coordinates for a quad, ex:
' 0.....1
'   .....
' 2.....3
 
Width = Orig(1).X - Orig(0).X
Height = Orig(2).Y - Orig(0).Y
cX = Orig(0).X + Width / 2
cY = Orig(0).Y + Height / 2
 
Width = Width * ZoomFactor
Height = Height * ZoomFactor
 
NewPoints(0).X = cX - Width / 2
NewPoints(0).Y = cY - Height/ 2
 
NewPoints(1).X = cX + Width / 2
NewPoints(1).Y = cY - Height / 2
 
NewPoints(2).X = cX - Width / 2
NewPoints(2).Y = cY + Height / 2
 
NewPoints(3).X = cX + Width / 2
NewPoints(3).Y = cY + Height / 2
 
End Function

Of course this is just a sample, but the function should work (I have no way of checking it at the time being). Ta for now.