IDirectDrawSurface5::GetCaps

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This method retrieves the capabilities of the surface. These capabilities are not necessarily related to the capabilities of the display device.

HRESULT GetCaps(
  LPDDSCAPS2 lpDDSCaps
);

Parameters

  • lpDDSCaps
    Address of a DDSCAPS2 structure that will be filled with the hardware capabilities of the surface.

Return Values

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:

DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT
DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS

Remarks

This method differs from its counterpart in the IDirectDrawSurface3 interface in that it accepts a pointer to a DDSCAPS2 structure rather than the legacy DDSCAPS structure.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.12 and later. Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later.
Header: Ddraw.h.
Link Library: Ddraw.lib.

 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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