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

After you set the display mode, you must create the surfaces on which to place your application. The DDEx1 example uses the IDirectDraw7::SetCooperativeLevel method to set the mode to exclusive (full-screen) mode. As a result, you can create surfaces that flip between the surfaces. If you were using SetCooperativeLevel to set the mode to DDSCL_NORMAL, you could create only surfaces that blit between the surfaces. Creating flipping surfaces requires the following steps, also discussed in this topic.

• Step 4.1: Define the Surface Requirements
• Step 4.2: Create the Surfaces