IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx 

IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx

Resets the type, size, and format of the swap chain with all other surfaces persistent.

  HRESULT 
  ResetEx(
  D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS* pPresentationParameters,
  D3DDISPLAYMODEEX* pFullscreenDisplayMode
);

Parameters

• pPresentationParameters
  [in, out] When switching to full-screen mode, Direct3D will try to find a desktop format that matches the back buffer format, so that back buffer and front buffer formats will be identical (to eliminate the need for color conversion).
• pFullscreenDisplayMode
  [in, out] Pointer to a D3DDISPLAYMODEEX structure that describes the properties of the desired display mode. This value must be provided for fullscreen applications, but can be NULL for windowed applications.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is D3D_OK.

If this method returns D3DERR_DEVICELOST or D3DERR_DEVICEHUNG then the application can only call IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx, IDirect3DDevice9Ex::CheckDeviceState or Release. Any other API call will result in an exception.

If ResetEx fails with any other error code, destroy the device and quit the application.

Remarks

If a call to IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx fails, the device will be placed in the lost state (as indicated by a return value of D3DERR_DEVICELOST from a call to IDirect3DDevice9Ex::CheckDeviceState). Refer to IDirect3DDevice9Ex::CheckDeviceState and Lost Device Behavior Changes for further information concerning the use of IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx in the context of lost devices.

Unlike previous versions of DirectX, calling IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx does not cause surfaces, textures or state information to be lost.

Pixel shaders and vertex shaders survive IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx calls for Direct3D 9. They do not need to be re-created explicitly by the application.

There are two different types of swap chains: full-screen or windowed. If the new swap chain is full-screen, the adapter will be placed in the display mode that matches the new size.

Applications can expect messages to be sent to them during this call (for example, before this call is returned); applications should take precautions not to call into Direct3D at this time.

A call to IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx will fail if called on a different thread than that used to create the device being reset.

D3DFMT_UNKNOWN can be specified for the windowed mode back buffer format when calling IDirect3D9Ex::CreateDeviceEx, IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx, and IDirect3DDevice9::CreateAdditionalSwapChain. This means the application does not have to query the current desktop format before calling IDirect3D9Ex::CreateDeviceEx for windowed mode. For full-screen mode, the back buffer format must be specified. Setting BackBufferCount equal to zero (BackBufferCount = 0) results in one back buffer.

When trying to reset more than one display adapter in a group, set pPresentationParameters to point to an array of D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structures, one for each display in the adapter group.

If a multihead device was created with D3DCREATE_ADAPTERGROUP_DEVICE, IDirect3DDevice9Ex::ResetEx requires an array of D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structures wherein each structure must specify a full-screen display. To switch back to windowed mode, the application must destroy the device and re-create a non-multihead device in windowed mode.