DDSURFACEDESC

The DDSURFACEDESC structure contains a description of a surface. This structure is passed to the IDirectDraw2::CreateSurface method. The relevant members differ for each potential type of surface.

When using the IDirectDraw4 interface, this structure is superseded by the DDSURFACEDESC2 structure.

typedef struct _DDSURFACEDESC {
    DWORD          dwSize;
    DWORD          dwFlags;
    DWORD          dwHeight;
    DWORD          dwWidth;
    union
    {
        LONG       lPitch;
        DWORD      dwLinearSize;
    };
    DWORD          dwBackBufferCount;
    union
    {
        DWORD      dwMipMapCount;
        DWORD      dwZBufferBitDepth;
        DWORD      dwRefreshRate;
    };
    DWORD          dwAlphaBitDepth;
    DWORD          dwReserved;
    LPVOID         lpSurface;
    DDCOLORKEY     ddckCKDestOverlay;
    DDCOLORKEY     ddckCKDestBlt;
    DDCOLORKEY     ddckCKSrcOverlay;
    DDCOLORKEY     ddckCKSrcBlt;
    DDPIXELFORMAT  ddpfPixelFormat;
    DDSCAPS        ddsCaps;
} DDSURFACEDESC, FAR* LPDDSURFACEDESC; 
 

Members

dwSize

Size of the structure, in bytes. This member must be initialized before the structure is used.

dwFlags

Optional control flags. One or more of the following flags:

DDSD_ALL

Indicates that all input members are valid.

DDSD_ALPHABITDEPTH

Indicates that the dwAlphaBitDepth member is valid.

DDSD_BACKBUFFERCOUNT

Indicates that the dwBackBufferCount member is valid.

DDSD_CAPS

Indicates that the ddsCaps member is valid.

DDSD_CKDESTBLT

Indicates that the ddckCKDestBlt member is valid.

DDSD_CKDESTOVERLAY

Indicates that the ddckCKDestOverlay member is valid.

DDSD_CKSRCBLT

Indicates that the ddckCKSrcBlt member is valid.

DDSD_CKSRCOVERLAY

Indicates that the ddckCKSrcOverlay member is valid.

DDSD_HEIGHT

Indicates that the dwHeight member is valid.

DDSD_LINEARSIZE

Indicates that dwLinearSize member is valid.

DDSD_LPSURFACE

Indicates that the lpSurface member is valid.

DDSD_MIPMAPCOUNT

Indicates that the dwMipMapCount member is valid.

DDSD_PITCH

Indicates that the lPitch member is valid.

DDSD_PIXELFORMAT

Indicates that the ddpfPixelFormat member is valid.

DDSD_REFRESHRATE

Indicates that the dwRefreshRate member is valid.

DDSD_WIDTH

Indicates that the dwWidth member is valid.

DDSD_ZBUFFERBITDEPTH

Indicates that the dwZBufferBitDepth member is valid.

dwHeight and dwWidth

Dimensions of the surface to be created, in pixels.

lPitch

Distance, in bytes, to the start of next line. When used with the IDirectDrawSurface4::GetSurfaceDesc method, this is a return value. When creating a surface from existing memory or when calling the IDirectDrawSurface4::SetSurfaceDesc method, this is an input value that must be a DWORD multiple.

dwLinearSize

The size of the buffer. Currently returned only for compressed texture surfaces.

dwBackBufferCount

Number of back buffers.

dwMipMapCount

Number of mipmap levels.

dwZBufferBitDepth

Depth of z-buffer. This member is obsolete for DirectX 6.0 and later. Use the IDirect3D3::EnumZBufferFormats to retrieve information about supported depth buffer formats.

dwRefreshRate

Refresh rate (used when the display mode is described). The value of 0 indicates an adapter fault.

dwAlphaBitDepth

Depth of alpha buffer.

dwReserved

Reserved.

lpSurface

Address of the associated surface memory. When calling IDirectDrawSurface4::Lock, this member contains a valid pointer to surface memory after the call returns. When creating a surface from existing memory or when using the IDirectDrawSurface4::SetSurfaceDesc method, this member is an input value that is the address of system memory allocated by the calling application. Do not set this member if your application needs DirectDraw to allocate and manage surface memory.

ddckCKDestOverlay

DDCOLORKEY structure that describes the destination color key to be used for an overlay surface.

ddckCKDestBlt

DDCOLORKEY structure that describes the destination color key for blit operations.

ddckCKSrcOverlay

DDCOLORKEY structure that describes the source color key to be used for an overlay surface.

ddckCKSrcBlt

DDCOLORKEY structure that describes the source color key for blit operations.

ddpfPixelFormat

DDPIXELFORMAT structure that describes the surface's pixel format.

ddsCaps

DDSCAPS structure containing the surface's capabilities.

Remarks

This structure is similar to the DDSURFACEDESC2 structure, but contains a DDSCAPS structure as the ddsCaps member, rather than a DDSCAPS2 structure. Unlike DDSURFACEDESC2, this structure contains the dwZBufferBitDepth member.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 4.0 SP3 or later.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
  Header: Declared in ddraw.h.