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IDirectDraw7::CreatePalette method (ddraw.h)

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Creates a DirectDrawPalette object for this DirectDraw object.

Syntax

HRESULT CreatePalette(
  [in]  DWORD               unnamedParam1,
  [in]  LPPALETTEENTRY      unnamedParam2,
  [out] LPDIRECTDRAWPALETTE *unnamedParam3,
  [in]  IUnknown            *unnamedParam4
);

Parameters

[in] unnamedParam1

This value consists of one or more of the following flags:

DDPCAPS_1BIT

The index is 1 bit. There are two entries in the color table.

DDPCAPS_2BIT

The index is 2 bits. There are four entries in the color table.

DDPCAPS_4BIT

The index is 4 bits. There are 16 entries in the color table.

DDPCAPS_8BIT

The index is 8 bits. There are 256 entries in the color table.

DDPCAPS_8BITENTRIES

The index refers to an 8-bit color index. This flag is valid only when used with the DDPCAPS_1BIT, DDPCAPS_2BIT, or DDPCAPS_4BIT flag, and when the target surface is 8 bpp. Each color entry is 1 byte long and is an index to a destination surface's 8-bpp palette.

DDPCAPS_ALPHA

The peFlags member of the associated PALETTEENTRY structure is to be interpreted as a single 8-bit alpha value (in addition to the peRed, peGreen, and peBlue members). A palette created by using this flag can be attached only to a texture: a surface created with the DDSCAPS_TEXTURE capability flag.

DDPCAPS_ALLOW256

This palette can have all 256 entries defined.

DDPCAPS_INITIALIZE

Obsolete. DirectDraw always initializes this palette with the colors in the color array passed at lpDDColorArray.

DDPCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE

This palette is attached to the primary surface. Changing this palette's color table immediately affects the display unless DDPSETPAL_VSYNC is specified and supported.

DDPCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACELEFT

This palette is the one attached to the left-eye primary surface. Changing this palette's color table immediately affects the left-eye display unless DDPSETPAL_VSYNC is specified and supported.

DDPCAPS_VSYNC

This palette can have modifications to it synchronized with the monitor's refresh rate.

[in] unnamedParam2

Address of an array of 2, 4, 16, or 256 PALETTEENTRY structures to initialize the DirectDrawPalette object.

[out] unnamedParam3

Address of a variable to be set to a valid IDirectDrawPalette interface pointer if the call succeeds.

[in] unnamedParam4

Allows for future compatibility with COM aggregation features. Currently, this method returns an error if this parameter is not NULL.

Return value

If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.

If it fails, the method can return one of the following error values:

  • DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT
  • DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS
  • DDERR_NOCOOPERATIVELEVELSET
  • DDERR_OUTOFMEMORY
  • DDERR_UNSUPPORTED

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Windows
Header ddraw.h
Library Ddraw.lib
DLL Ddraw.dll

See also

IDirectDraw7