IDirectDrawSurface5::AddAttachedSurface (Windows CE 5.0)

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This method attaches the specified surface to this surface.

HRESULT AddAttachedSurface( LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE4 lpDDSAttachedSurface);

Parameters

  • lpDDSAttachedSurface
    Address of an IDirectDrawSurface5 interface for the surface to be attached.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.

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

DDERR_CANNOTATTACHSURFACE
DDERR_GENERIC
DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT
DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS
DDERR_SURFACEALREADYATTACHED
DDERR_SURFACELOST
DDERR_WASSTILLDRAWING

Remarks

This method increments the reference count of the surface being attached.

You can explicitly unattach the surface and decrement its reference count by using the IDirectDrawSurface5::DeleteAttachedSurface method.

Unlike complex surfaces that you create with a single call to IDirectDraw4::CreateSurface, surfaces attached with this method are not automatically released.

It is the application's responsibility to release such surfaces.

Possible attachments include alpha channels and back buffers. Some attachments automatically break other attachments.

An attachment is not bidirectional, and a surface cannot be attached to itself.

Emulated surfaces (in system memory) cannot be attached to non-emulated surfaces. Unless one surface is a texture map, the two attached surfaces must be the same size.

Using AddAttachedSurface or DeleteAttachedSurface on any surface in a flipping chain is not supported. It may work, but it is likely that memory leaks will result. The functions are primarily provided for future expansion. As a workaround, initially create surfaces in flipping chains with the desired number of buffers.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.12 and later. Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later.
Header: Ddraw.h.
Link Library: Ddraw.lib.

See Also

IDirectDrawSurface5::EnumAttachedSurfaces

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