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  // Run the game

BOOL RunGame(HWND hwnd)
{
	OutputDebugString("Running the game...\n");
	
	// Erase the drawing surface

	if (!EraseSurface(lpDDSBack))
	{
		MessageBox(hwnd, "Erase Back buffer", "ERROR", MB_OK);
		return FALSE;
	}
	
	// Right now... I just want to draw the background and flip...

	// Blt the background to the buffer

	if (FAILED(lpDDSBack->Blt(NULL, lpDDSBackground, NULL, DDBLT_WAIT, NULL)))
	{
		MessageBox(hwnd, "Background Blt", "ERROR", MB_OK);
		return FALSE;
	}
	
	RECT ball = {100, 100, 110, 110};

	// Blt the ball onto the background

	if (FAILED(lpDDSBack->Blt(&ball, lpDDSBall, NULL, DDBLT_WAIT | DDBLT_KEYSRC, NULL)))
	{
		MessageBox(hwnd, "Ball Blt", "ERROR", MB_OK);
		return FALSE;
	}
	
	// Now, flip the surfaces

	if (FAILED(lpDDSPrimary->Flip(NULL, DDFLIP_WAIT)))
	{
		MessageBox(hwnd, "Flip", "ERROR", MB_OK);
		return FALSE;
	}
	
	// return successfull, i guess

	return TRUE;
}
  

    
DDSURFACEDESC ddsd;
LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE lpDDPrimary;
LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE lpDDBackbuffer;
DDSCAPS ddscaps;

// set the whole thing to zero

ZeroMemory( &ddsd, sizeof( DDSURFACEDESC ) );

// obligatory: DD has to know the struct's size

ddsd.dwSize = sizeof( DDSURFACEDESC );

// set the flags: Caps and BackbufferCount contain info

ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS | DDSD_BACKBUFFERCOUNT;

// now fill the caps

ddsd.ddsdCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE |  // primary surface

                       DDSCAPS_FLIP |            // flippable

                       DDSCAPS_COMPLEX |         // surface is complex

                       DDSCAPS_VIDEOMEMORY;      // surface is in video memory


// set Backbuffer Count: double buffering, so one backbuffer

ddsd.dwBackBufferCount = 1;

// create primary buffer

HRESULT hr = lpDD->CreateSurface( &ddsd, &lpDSPrimary, NULL );
// error checking goes here


// zero the cute lil' thing

ZeroMemory( &ddscaps, sizeof( ddscaps ) );

// set the appropriate caps field

ddscaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_BACKBUFFER;

// now get the attached backbuffer

hr = lpDDPrimary->GetAttachedSurface( &ddscaps, &lpDDBackbuffer );
// error checking goes here