DirectSoundCreate

This function creates and initializes an IDirectSound interface.

HRESULT WINAPI DirectSoundCreate(
  LPGUID lpGuid, 
  LPDIRECTSOUND* ppDS, 
  LPUNKNOWN  pUnkOuter 
);

lpGuid
Address of the GUID that identifies the sound device. The value of this parameter must be one of the GUIDs returned by DirectSoundEnumerate, or NULL for the default device.
ppDS
Address of a pointer to a DirectSound object created in response to this function.
pUnkOuter
Controlling unknown of the aggregate. Its value must be NULL.

If the function succeeds, the return value is DS_OK.

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

The application must call the IDirectSound::SetCooperativeLevel method immediately after creating a DirectSound object.

On Windows CE, it is not necessary to call IDirectSound::SetCooperativeLevel.

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

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