IDirectInputDevice7::GetCapabilities

The IDirectInputDevice7::GetCapabilities method obtains the capabilities of the DirectInputDevice object.

HRESULT GetCapabilities(
  LPDIDEVCAPS lpDIDevCaps  
);

Parameters

lpDIDevCaps

Address of a DIDEVCAPS structure to be filled with the device capabilities. The dwSize member of this structure must be initialized before calling this method.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is DI_OK.

If the method fails, the return value can be one of the following error values:

Remarks

For compatibility with DirectX 3, it is also valid to pass a DIDEVCAPS_DX3 structure with the dwSize member initialized to sizeof(DIDEVCAPS_DX3). For more information, see Designing for Previous Versions of DirectInput.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
  Header: Declared in dinput.h.
  Import Library: Use dinput.lib.