Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic)

D3DXFont.Begin

Prepares a device for drawing text.

object.Begin()

Parts

object
Object expression that resolves to a D3DXFont object.

Error Codes

If the method fails, an error is raised and Err.Number can be set to one of the following values.

D3DERR_INVALIDCALL
D3DXERR_INVALIDDATA

For information on trapping errors, see the Microsoft® Visual Basic® Error Handling topic.

Remarks

This method is optional. If a DrawTextW method is called outside of a Begin and D3DXFont.End pair, then Microsoft® Direct3D® calls Begin and End.