What exactly is HRESULT, and how does it differ from LRESULT?More importantly, how can it be used effectively? I tried finding an answer in articles but cant seem to find a good definition. If anyone can help or post a link to somewhere i would be grateful.

Both of them are typedefs used in windows'' API.

HRESULT = void*
LRESULT = long

Usually, an HRESULT represents a handle to a windows ''object'' of some kind and an LRESULT an error code or other numerical result.

As to how to use them effectively... well just use the appropriate type with the appropriate function.

Just talking from memory( and not DDR ), isn´t an HRESULT a dword? . I don´t think it is a pointer type...

.-LAROCHE: They are costants used to enumerate errors(or absent of errors)

Just talking from memory( and not DDR ), isn´t an HRESULT a dword? . I don´t think it is a pointer type...

.-LAROCHE: They are costants used to enumerate errors(or absent of errors)

What the hells!

Here's some more info on how to use HRESULT. Say you have a function that has a HRESULT return type and the function is failing. Well, what you do is save the result and go through a switch or a series of if's (as in this case) to see what the failure was. Here's an example from some of my code:

HRESULT hRet = G.lpDDSWindow1->Blt(NULL, NULL, NULL,
DDBLT_COLORFILL|DDBLT_WAIT, &ddbltfx);

Here I do a blit. Say the Blt() doesn't work. I could test for some possible values like this:

if(hRet == DDERR_GENERIC )
error = 1;
if(hRet == DDERR_INVALIDCLIPLIST )
error = 2;
if(hRet == DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT )
error = 3;
if(hRet == DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS )
error = 4;
if(hRet == DDERR_INVALIDRECT )
error = 5;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOALPHAHW )
error = 6;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOBLTHW )
error = 7;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOCLIPLIST )
error = 8;
if(hRet == DDERR_NODDROPSHW )
error = 9;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOMIRRORHW )
error = 10;
if(hRet == DDERR_NORASTEROPHW )
error = 11;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOROTATIONHW )
error = 12;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOSTRETCHHW )
error = 13;
if(hRet == DDERR_NOZBUFFERHW )
error = 14;
if(hRet == DDERR_SURFACEBUSY )
error = 15;
if(hRet == DDERR_SURFACELOST )
error = 16;
if(hRet == DDERR_UNSUPPORTED )
error = 17;

error is declared as an int earlier. Then I could just print out error, and that would tell me which error I have. For more specifics, you can check the DX docs to tell you what each error means. Hope this helps.

--Vic--

Edited by - Roof Top Pew Wee on November 22, 2001 1:40:40 PM

Ok, my mistake, MSDN says

HRESULT
A value returned from a function call to an interface, consisting of a severity code, context information, a facility code, and a status code that describes the result. For 16-bit Windows systems, the HRESULT is an opaque result handle defined to be zero for a successful return from a function, and nonzero if error or status information is to be returned. To convert an HRESULT into a more detailed SCODE (or return value), applications call GetSCode(). See SCODE.

LRESULT
Type used for return value of window procedures.

Hmmm i understand it a bit more, but for the sake of clarity let me explain my problem:

I have 2 sourcefiles for my game, they are Windows.cpp and DirectX.cpp. I want to use a function in Windows.cpp called DirectDrawInit to create the object, etc. The DirectDrawInit is in the DirectX.cpp. Looking at the source-code for an example called "fullscreen demo" (a full-screen app for Direct Draw that came with the directx 8 SDK.) I noticed that they use HRESULT to call the function. I tried doing something similar with DirectDrawInit, but it does not work. I declared a prototype, but i get an error on the function call called "Undeclared Identifier". I dont understand why it would not work. Also, im trying to pass a handle to the window to the function, since in the function im attempting to set the coopertive level, which requires a handle to my window. If anyone can help, id be really grateful (i know its something silly im doing i just cant figure out what...)

WORD = size of a processor register (usually 32 bit)
DWORD = double word (64 bit)