C#

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public class lp2 : System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox<br />
{<br />
	// Our Variables<br />
	private SqlDataAdapter dataAdapter;<br />
	private SqlConnection sqlConnection;<br />
	private DataSet dataset;<br />
	/// <summary> <br />
	/// Required designer variable.<br />
	/// </summary><br />
	private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;<br />
<br />
	public lp2()<br />
	{<br />
 	// This call is required by the Windows.Forms Form Designer.<br />
	InitializeComponent();<br />
		// TODO: Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent call<br />
	sqlConnection = Utilities.dbUtilities.getWebDbCn();<br />
	string selectCommand = "select * from lang";<br />
	dataset = new DataSet();<br />
	dataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(selectCommand, sqlConnection);<br />
	dataAdapter.Fill(dataset, "lang");<br />
	this.DataSource = dataset;<br />
	this.DisplayMember = "lang.langText";<br />
	this.ValueMember = "lang.lang";<br />
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}<br />
}<br />

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private void Toolbar_Hover(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//...
ToolBarButton b = sender as ToolBarButton;
if(b != null)
//...
}

public class MyToolBar : ToolBar
{
  public ToolBarButton HitTest(Point p)
  {
    IntPtr retval = SendMessage(Handle, TB_HITTEST, IntPtr.Zero, p);
    int index = retval.ToInt32();
    if (index >= 0)
    {
      // The index is of the first non-separator, so we have to loop
      // over the toolbar buttons ourselves.
      foreach (ToolBarButton button in Buttons)
        if (button.Style != ToolBarButtonStyle.Separator)
          if (index-- == 0) return button;
    }
    return null;
  }
  [DllImport("user32.dll")]
  private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg,
    IntPtr wParam, ref Point p);
  private const int TB_HITTEST = 0x0445;
}

myToolBar1.MouseHover += new EventHandler(myToolBar1_MouseHover);
// ...
private void myToolBar1_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  Point p = Control.MousePosition;
  p = myToolBar1.PointToClient(p);
  ToolBarButton button = myToolBar1.HitTest(p);
  if (button != null) MessageBox.Show("You're over the " + button.Text +
    " button.");
}

1. Google like a madman for "Direct3D 9.0 tutorials"
2. Download the DirectX SDK documentation
3. Look heavily into the following areas:
   - Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.VertexBuffer
   - Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device
   - Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Texture
   - Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Transforms
   - Vector3.Unproject and Vector3.Project