The IDirectDraw2::CreateSurface method creates a DirectDrawSurface object for this DirectDraw object.
HRESULT CreateSurface(
LPDDSURFACEDESC lpDDSurfaceDesc,
LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE FAR *lplpDDSurface,
IUnknown FAR *pUnkOuter
);
Parameters
lpDDSurfaceDesc
Address of the DDSURFACEDESC structure that describes the requested surface. You should set any unused members of DDSURFACEDESC to zero before calling this method. A DDSCAPS structure is a member of DDSURFACEDESC.
lplpDDSurface
Address of a pointer to be initialized with a valid DirectDrawSurface pointer if the call succeeds.
pUnkOuter
Allows for future compatibility with COM aggregation features. Presently, however, IDirectDraw2::CreateSurface returns an error if this parameter is anything but NULL.
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:
QuickInfo
Windows NT: Use version 4.0 or later.
Windows: Use Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
Windows CE: Unsupported.
Header: Declared in ddraw.h.
Import Library: Use ddraw.lib.