HRESULT CreatePalette(DWORD dwFlags,
LPPALETTEENTRY lpColorTable,
LPDIRECTDRAWPALETTE FAR * lplpDDPalette,
IUnknown FAR * pUnkOuter);
Creates a DirectDrawPalette object for this DirectDraw object.
·Returns DD_OK if successful, or one of the following error values otherwise:
dwFlags
One or more of the following flags:
DDPCAPS_1BIT
Indicates that the index is 1 bit. There are two entries in the color table.
DDPCAPS_2BIT
Indicates that the index is 2 bits. There are four entries in the color table.
DDPCAPS_4BIT
Indicates that the index is 4 bits. There are 16 entries in the color table.
DDPCAPS_8BITENTRIES
Indicates that the index refers to an 8-bit color index. This flag is valid only when used with the DDPCAPS_1BIT, DDPCAPS_2BIT, or DDPCAPS_4BIT flag, and when the target surface is in 8 bpp. Each color entry is 1 byte long and is an index to a destination surface's 8-bpp palette.
DDPCAPS_8BIT
Indicates that the index is 8 bits. There are 256 entries in the color table.
DDPCAPS_ALLOW256
Indicates that this palette can have all 256 entries defined.
lpColorTable
Address of an array of 2, 4, 16, or 256 PALETTEENTRY structures that will initialize this DirectDrawPalette object.
lplpDDPalette
Address of a pointer that will be filled with the address of the new DirectDrawPalette object if this method returns successfully.
pUnkOuter
Allows for future compatibility with COM aggregation features. Presently, however, IDirectDraw2::CreatePalette returns an error if this parameter is anything but NULL.