This tutorial pertains only to applications written in C++. See DirectPlay Visual Basic Tutorials.

To use a DirectPlay lobby, you first create an instance of a DirectPlayLobby object by calling CoCreateInstance. The following example shows one way to create a DirectPlayLobby object:

// Create an IDirectPlayLobby3A interface.

if ( FAILED( hr = CoCreateInstance( CLSID_DirectPlayLobby, NULL,
        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
        IID_IDirectPlayLobby3A,
        (VOID**)&g_pDPLobby ) ) )
    return hr;

Next: Step 2: Retrieve the Connection Settings