IDirectDraw::GetCaps

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This method fills in the capabilities of the device driver for the hardware and the software emulation.

Syntax

HRESULT GetCaps( 
  LPDDCAPS lpDDDriverCaps, 
  LPDDCAPS lpDDEmulCaps
);

Parameters

• lpDDDriverCaps
  Address of a DDCAPS structure that will be filled with the capabilities of the hardware, as reported by the device driver. Set this parameter to NULL if device driver capabilities are not to be retrieved.

• lpDDEmulCaps
  Address of a DDCAPS structure that will be filled with the capabilities of the software emulation. Set this parameter to NULL if software emulation capabilities are not to be retrieved.

Return Value

If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.

If the method fails, the return value may be one of the following error values:

For more information on these error codes see DirectDraw Return Values.

Comments:

You can only set one of the two parameters to NULL to exclude it. If you set both to NULL the method will fail, returning DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS.

Requirements