Multiple directx 8 at 1 time

I am wondering if it is possible to render 2 diffrent things at the same time with direct x 8 (like what editors like unrealed do) i tried to do it with 2 directx 8 loops but only 1 at a time seemed to work.. how can i make a engine so that i can make a "multiple" view kinda program? (like 2 views in 2 seperate picture boxes)

I assume you mean multiple viewports?

Easiest way is probably to render the scene as normal, then use the hWnd parameter of the Present method to display to the pixturebox/form/whatever you want. Repeat for each viewport.

You could also use swap chains.

Z.

Well i made this dll that can render 3d stuff in direct x 8 . declare the modules in the dll double and then let them be analyzed both load the models. and then draw them in a While loop. But only 1 of them is shown :S

here is the test project i was running to just see if i could make it work :) included is my own dx8 engine.. it is fairly easy but it works perfectly up to now (you might want to run regsvr32.exe over the dll file :))

From DX8.1 SDK:

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Note All rendering devices created by a given Microsoft® Direct3D® object share the same physical resources. Although your application can create multiple rendering devices from a single Direct3D object, because they share the same hardware, extreme performance penalties will be incurred.

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Z.

ok so i should use 1 "Public D3DDevice As Direct3DDevice8" and multiple
"Public D3D As Direct3D8"
"Public D3DX As D3DX8"
???

Use no multiples:

Code:

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For i = 0 to numViewports -1
  ...Clear(...)
  'render port i
  ...Present(..., Viewports(i).hWnd,...)
Next i

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Z.