IDCompositionDesktopDevice interface (dcomp.h)
An application must use the IDCompositionDesktopDevice interface in order to use DirectComposition in a Win32 desktop application. This interface allows the application to connect a visual tree to a window and to host layered child windows for composition
Inheritance
The IDCompositionDesktopDevice interface inherits from IDCompositionDevice2. IDCompositionDesktopDevice also has these types of members:
Methods
The IDCompositionDesktopDevice interface has these methods.
| IDCompositionDesktopDevice::CreateSurfaceFromHandle Creates a new composition surface object that wraps an existing composition surface. |
| IDCompositionDesktopDevice::CreateSurfaceFromHwnd Creates a wrapper object that represents the rasterization of a layered window, and that can be associated with a visual for composition. |
| IDCompositionDesktopDevice::CreateTargetForHwnd Creates a composition target object that is bound to the window that is represented by the specified window handle. |
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 8.1 [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2012 R2 [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | dcomp.h |