[Xav]

BLIMEY! Oh, I see. I have just remembered you are writing games. Just displaying a blue window is easy using the standard .NET functions, but once you start writing complex games, there will be a point where this long code will overtake the normal .NET ones in terms of usability.

You see, the usual .NET framework is not designed to write games. This code might seem like a lot, but the more you try to draw to the screen, the easier it will seem.

If you want to use the standard .NET commands, you can install the XNA Game Library. This provides an extra set of tools for writing games, but your DirectX thingy looks fine, and I advise you to stick with the code it gives you - my example could not in a million years write a game!