Platform SDK: DirectX

Tutorial 5: Enumerating DirectDraw Devices

[C++]

This section pertains only to application development in Visual Basic. See DirectDraw C/C++ Tutorials.

[Visual Basic]

The Tutorial 5 sample application illustrates using the enumeration objects in DirectX for Visual Basic to obtain DirectDraw device information. This application reports the hardware and software capabilities, 3-D hardware and software capabilities, and the available display modes for each DirectDraw device installed on the system.

This tutorial is divided into the following steps: