Thread: DirectDraw - Backbuffer DDERR_NOTFOUND

HRESULT: 0x887600ff (2289434879)
Name: DDERR_NOTFOUND
Description: Requested item was not found
Severity code: Failed
Facility Code: FACILITY_D3D (2166)
Error Code: 0x00ff (255)

This error is propagated from a primarySurface->GetAttachedSurface(..) call. I use this code to create my surfaces

Code:

	DDSURFACEDESC2 ddsd;
	DDSCAPS2 ddscaps;
	HRESULT ddrval;

	memset( &ddsd, 0, sizeof(ddsd) );
	ddsd.dwSize = sizeof( ddsd );

	ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS | DDSD_BACKBUFFERCOUNT;
	ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE | DDSCAPS_FLIP | DDSCAPS_COMPLEX;
	ddsd.dwBackBufferCount = 1;

	ddrval = idd->CreateSurface( &ddsd, &surfacePrimary, NULL );
	if( ddrval != DD_OK )
	{
		idd->Release();
	}

	// Get the pointer to the back buffer - fails
	ddscaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_BACKBUFFER;
	ddrval = surfacePrimary->GetAttachedSurface(&ddscaps, &surfaceBack);
	if( ddrval != DD_OK )
	{
		surfacePrimary->Release();
		idd->Release();
	}

DirectDraw has been declared deprecated. Although most of the interfaces still work there is no guarantee by MS or by any driver manuf. that they will work in all cases on all cards.

Use Direct3D to get surfaces, not DirectDraw interfaces.