D3DKMTCreateDevice function (d3dkmthk.h)

The D3DKMTCreateDevice function creates a kernel-mode device context.

Syntax

NTSTATUS D3DKMTCreateDevice(
  D3DKMT_CREATEDEVICE *unnamedParam1
);

Parameters

unnamedParam1

pData [in, out]

A pointer to a D3DKMT_CREATEDEVICE structure that describes the kernel-mode device context.

Return value

D3DKMTCreateDevice returns one of the following values:

Return code Description
STATUS_SUCCESS The device context was successfully created.
STATUS_DEVICE_REMOVED The graphics adapter was stopped.
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER Parameters were validated and determined to be incorrect.
STATUS_NO_MEMORY D3DKMTCreateDevice could not complete because of insufficient memory.

This function might also return other NTSTATUS values.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista
Target Platform Universal
Header d3dkmthk.h (include D3dkmthk.h)
Library Gdi32.lib
DLL Gdi32.dll

See also

D3DKMT_CREATEDEVICE