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I am currently designing my first serious windows application, and I'm wondering whether it's worth using the DirectX libraries.

The application is going to be 2D (although I may implement some 3D elements at a later date), but I don't want it to look like a standard windows application. I'd like to use bitmap images to define the look of the program elements. I don't want the normal title bar on every window and sub-window, I don't want it to be color schemed like typical Windows forms, and there's a good chance that not every element is going to be a uniform shape. The program will need to handle lots of bitmap images simultaneously, with alpha channel support for formats like PNG. I'll also be making use of sound files like mp3s or ogg vorbis.

Just to clarify. This is not technically a game that I'm making. It's a table-top simulator, for playing games like Dungeons&Dragons. So animations and such are not really a priority.

With that in mind, I am wondering...
A) Can the standard Windows libraries handle what I'd like to do?
B) What if any benefits would I gain by using Managed DirectX in this primarily 2D application?
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