Device Class (Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound)

Contains methods and properties used to create buffer objects, manage devices, and set up the environment.

Definition

Visual Basic	Public Class Device     Inherits MarshalByRefObject     Implements IDisposable
C#	public class Device : MarshalByRefObject, IDisposable
C++	public ref class Device : MarshalByRefObject, IDisposable
JScript	public class Device extends MarshalByRefObject implements IDisposable

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the object.

Events

Event	Description
Disposing	Occurs when the Dispose method is called or when the Device object is finalized and collected by the garbage collector of the Microsoft .NET common language runtime.

Methods

Method	Description
Compact	This method has no effect.
Device	Initializes a new instance of the Device class.
Dispose	Immediately releases the unmanaged resources used by the Device object.
Equals	Returns a value that indicates whether the current instance is equal to a specified object.
Finalize	Allows the Device object to free resources before it is destroyed by the garbage collector.
GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for the current instance.
GetObjectByValue	This member supports the infrastructure for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 for Managed Code and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
op_Equality	Compares the current instance of a class to another instance to determine whether they are the same.
op_Inequality	Compares the current instance of a class to another instance to determine whether they are different.
raise_Disposing	Raises the Device.Disposing event when called from within a derived class.
SetCooperativeLevel	Sets the cooperative level of the application for this sound device.

Properties

Property	Description
Caps	Retrieves the capabilities of the hardware device.
Certified	Ascertains whether the device driver is certified for DirectX.
Disposed	Gets a value that indicates whether the object is disposed.
SpeakerConfig	Retrieves or sets the speaker configuration of the device.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Device

Class Information

Namespace	Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound
Assembly	Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound (microsoft.directx.directsound.dll)
Strong Name	Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound,  Version=1.0.900.0,  Culture=neutral,  PublicKeyToken=d3231b57b74a1492