Probably a silly question, but does SharpDX use windows Forms?
So, in order to get user input from the message pump I just need to add a message filter, or override WndProc.


Or do I have to use P/Invoke?

What I understand is, user input is better captured through the windows message pump, rather than direct input. And overriding WndProc (WinForms) is the proper way to capture windows messages in a c# environment. Ergo, if I'm targeting windows as my platform, I'd be better off using a Form as my drawing surface. I see there is a RenderForm class in SharpDX, that must be the equivalent of the RenderForm in SlimDX, so I'd be using that.

So, is that all correct or am I off the mark?

SharpDX doesn't force you to use Windows forms, but all samples are using SharpDX.Window.RenderForm which is a Windows Form (The toolkit is using it as well). For keyboard input, I wouldn't bother more than just subscribing to KeyDown/KeyUp events on the form, it is almost the same thing than hooking WndProc, just a level of indirection without the mess of it.

Cool, thanks for the reply.