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This method retrieves the DirectDrawSurfaceobject that currently represents the surface memory that GDI is treating as the primary surface.

Syntax 

HRESULT GetGDISurface(
  LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE FAR* 
lplpGDIDDSSurface
);

Parameters

lplpGDIDDSSurface

Address of a variable that will be filled with a pointer to the IDirectDrawSurfaceinterface for the surface that currently controls GDI's primary surface memory.

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.

Requirements

Header ddraw.h
Library ddraw.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and later
Windows Mobile Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also