| DirectX SDK | 
The IDirectDrawSurface7::GetCaps method retrieves the capabilities of the surface. These capabilities are not necessarily related to the capabilities of the display device.
HRESULT GetCaps( LPDDSCAPS2 lpDDSCaps );
If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.
If it fails, the method can return one of the following error values:
| DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT | 
| DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS | 
This method differs from its counterpart in the IDirectDrawSurface3 interface in that it accepts a pointer to a DDSCAPS2 structure, rather than the legacy DDSCAPS structure.
  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 98.
  Header: Declared in ddraw.h.