The information in this section pertains only to applications written in C and C++. See Direct3D Immediate Mode Visual Basic Tutorials.

Creating a textured surface from a prepared surface entails the following steps:

• Step 2.1: Retrieve the Render Target
• Step 2.2: Create the New Surface
• Step 2.3: Copy to the Render Surface

Texture surface objects are simply DirectDraw surface object. For more information on texture surfaces, see Texture Surface Objects.

Before creating a textured surface, you need to retrieve the device's render target. This process is explained in Step 2.1: Retrieve the Render Target.