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The simplest way to create the DirectSound object is with the DirectSoundCreatefunction. The first parameter of this function specifies the GUID of the device to be associated with the object. You can obtain this GUID by Enumeration of Sound Devices, or you can simply pass NULL to create the object for the default device.
LPDIRECTSOUND lpds; HRESULT hr = DirectSoundCreate(NULL, &lpds, NULL));
The function returns an error if there is no sound device or if the sound device is under the control of an application using the waveform-audio (non-DirectSound) functions. You should prepare your applications for this call to fail so that they can either continue without sound or prompt the user to close the application that is already using the sound device.
Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004