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IDirectDraw::FlipToGDISurface (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This method makes the surface that GDI writes to the primary surface.

Syntax

HRESULT FlipToGDISurface();

Parameters

None.

Return Value

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_INVALIDOBJECT

DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS

DDERR_NOTFOUND

For more information on these error codes see DirectDraw Return Values.

Remarks

This method can be called at the end of a page-flipping application to ensure that the display memory that GDI is writing to is visible to the user.

This method should not be called once application creates a non-GDI primary surface as this leads to video memory leaks.

Requirements

Header

ddraw.h

Library

ddraw.lib

See Also

Reference

IDirectDraw
DirectDraw Reference
DirectDraw Interfaces
IDirectDraw::GetGDISurface

Other Resources

DirectDraw