IWICDdsFrameDecode::GetFormatInfo method (wincodec.h)

Gets information about the format in which the DDS image is stored.

Syntax

HRESULT GetFormatInfo(
  [out] WICDdsFormatInfo *pFormatInfo
);

[out] pFormatInfo

Information about the DDS format.

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

This information can be used for allocating memory or constructing Direct3D or Direct2D resources, for example by using ID3D11Device::CreateTexture2D or ID2D1DeviceContext::CreateBitmap.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 8.1 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 R2 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	wincodec.h
Library	Windowscodecs.lib
DLL	Windowscodecs.dll