Return Values for DirectDraw

The following tables list values that can be returned by the DirectDraw driver-supplied functions. The DDHAL_DRIVER_Xxx values actually are returned in the DWORD return value. The DD_OK value and DDERR_Xxx error codes are returned in the ddRVal member of the structure to which the particular function's parameter points.

For specific error codes that each function can return, see the function descriptions in the reference section. Refer to DirectDraw header files ddraw.h and dxmini.h for a complete listing of error codes and return values. Note that error codes are represented by negative values and cannot be combined.

A function in a DirectDraw driver must return one of the two return codes: DDHAL_DRIVER_HANDLED or DDHAL_DRIVER_NOTHANDLED. If the driver returns DDHAL_DRIVER_HANDLED, then it must also return either DD_OK or one of the error codes listed in ddraw.h. A function in a DirectDraw driver can return the codes in the following table. These codes are defined in ddraw.h.

Return code	Meaning
DD_OK	The request completed successfully.
DDHAL_DRIVER_HANDLED	The driver has performed the operation and returned a valid return code for that operation in the ddrval member of the structure passed to the driver's callback. If this code is DD_OK, DirectDraw or Direct3D proceeds with the function. Otherwise, DirectDraw or Direct3D returns the error code provided by the driver and aborts the function.
DDHAL_DRIVER_NOCKEYHW	The display driver couldn't handle the call because it ran out of color key hardware resources.
DDHAL_DRIVER_NOTHANDLED	The driver has no comment on the requested operation. If the driver is required to have implemented a particular callback, DirectDraw or Direct3D reports an error condition. Otherwise, DirectDraw or Direct3D handles the operation as if the driver callback had not been defined by executing the DirectDraw or Direct3D device-independent implementation. DirectDraw and Direct3D typically ignore any value returned in the ddrval member of that callback's parameter structure.
DDERR_GENERIC	There is an undefined error condition.
DDERR_OUTOFCAPS	The hardware needed for the requested operation has already been allocated.
DDERR_UNSUPPORTED	The operation is not supported.

A DxApi function that is implemented in a video miniport driver returns one of the codes in the following table. These codes are defined in dxmini.h.

Return code	Meaning
DX_OK	The request completed successfully.
DXERR_GENERIC	There is an undefined error condition.
DXERR_OUTOFCAPS	The hardware needed for the requested operation has already been allocated.
DXERR_UNSUPPORTED	The operation is not supported.