Using DirectX 11.2 and C++ to build the most basic Windows Form

You know, I can make a lot of stuff work and work well.  My neighbors, professors, and students often ask me to review documents, projects and so forth.  So I keep looking at the tutorials on MSDN, like the one at: Creating a Simple Direct2D Application   and ask myself who is this written for?  Why does it look like it is part of the C++/XAML/DirectX information?  I don’t know but there are few problems with this otherwise functional demo.   The tutorial appears...(read more)