DirectSoundCreate

The DirectSoundCreate function creates and initializes an IDirectSound interface.

HRESULT DirectSoundCreate(

LPGUID lpGuid,

LPDIRECTSOUND * ppDS,

IUnknown FAR * 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:

DSERR_ALLOCATED
DSERR_INVALIDPARAM
DSERR_NOAGGREGATION
DSERR_NODRIVER
DSERR_OUTOFMEMORY

Remarks

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

See Also

IDirectSound::GetCaps, IDirectSound::SetCooperativeLevel