D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFile

Creates a cube texture from a file.

HRESULT D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFile(
  LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 pDevice,
  LPCTSTR pSrcFile,
  LPDIRECT3DCUBETEXTURE9 * ppCubeTexture
);

Parameters

pDevice

[in] Pointer to an IDirect3DDevice9 interface, representing the device to be associated with the cube texture.

pSrcFile

[in] Pointer to a string that specifies the filename. If the compiler settings require Unicode, the data type LPCTSTR resolves to LPCWSTR. Otherwise, the string data type resolves to LPCSTR. See Remarks.

ppCubeTexture

[out] Address of a pointer to an IDirect3DCubeTexture9 interface, representing the created cube texture object.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is D3D_OK. If the function fails, the return value can be one of the following values: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL.

Remarks

The compiler setting also determines the function version. If Unicode is defined, the function call resolves to D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFileW. Otherwise, the function call resolves to D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFileA because ANSI strings are being used.

The function is equivalent to D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFileEx(pDevice, pSrcFile, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0, D3DFMT_UNKNOWN, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0, NULL, NULL, ppCubeTexture).

This function supports the following file formats: .bmp, .dds, .dib, .hdr, .jpg, .pfm, .png, .ppm, and .tga. See D3DXIMAGE_FILEFORMAT.

Note that a resource created with this function will be placed in the memory class denoted by D3DPOOL_MANAGED.

Filtering is automatically applied to a texture created using this method. The filtering is equivalent to D3DX_FILTER_TRIANGLE | D3DX_FILTER_DITHER in D3DX_FILTER.

D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFile uses the DirectDraw surface (DDS) file format. The DirectX Texture Editor (dxtex.exe) enables you to generate a cube map from other file formats and save it in the DDS file format.

Requirements

Header: Declared in D3dx9tex.h.

See Also

D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFileEx, Texturing Functions