DirectSoundCreate

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The DirectSoundCreatefunction creates and initializes an IDirectSoundinterface.

HRESULT WINAPI DirectSoundCreate(
LPGUID
lpGuid
,
LPDIRECTSOUND *
ppDS
,
LPUNKNOWN
pUnkOuter
);

Parameters

lpGuid

Address of the GUID that identifies the sound device. The value of this parameter must be one of the GUIDs returned by DirectSoundEnumerate, or NULL for the default device.

ppDS

Address of a pointer to a DirectSound object created in response to this function.

pUnkOuter

Controlling unknown of the aggregate. Its value must be NULL.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is DS_OK.

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

Remarks

The application must call the IDirectSound::SetCooperativeLevelmethod immediately after creating a DirectSound object.

On Windows CE, it is not necessary to call IDirectSound::SetCooperativeLevel.

Requirements

Runs On	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	2.12 or later. Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later.	dsound.h		dsound.lib

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.