Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (October 2004)

Device.Caps Property

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Retrieves the capabilities of the hardware device.

Definition

Visual Basic .NET Public ReadOnly Property Caps As Caps
C# public Caps Caps { get; }
Managed C++ public: __property Caps get_Caps();
JScript .NET public function get Caps() : Caps

Property Value

Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound.Caps . The capabilities of this sound device.

This property is read-only. 

Remarks

Information retrieved in the Caps structure describes the maximum capabilities of the sound device and those currently available, such as the number of hardware mixing channels and the amount of on-board sound memory. You can use this information to fine-tune performance and optimize resource allocation.

Because of resource-sharing requirements, the maximum capabilities in one area might be available only at the cost of another area.

Exceptions

SoundException Root exception type for all Microsoft® DirectSound® exceptions. Derives from DirectXException.
ArgumentException Leave Site An invalid parameter was passed to the called method.


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