How do I display a picture?

To display a picture (Bitmap format) using DirectDraw follow the following steps.

/*Initialization*/

a) Initialize DirectDraw

1. Create a DirectDraw Object
2. Query the interface for a DirectDraw7 Object using the DirectDraw object
3. Set the Cooperative Level (In the sample "DirectDraw.zip" we have set the cooperative level as Exclusive and FullScreen)
4. Set the DisplayMode
5. Create the FrontBuffer using the DDSURFACEDESC2 structure
6. Create a BackBuffer using DDSCAPS2 structure and attach it to the FrontBuffer

b) Load the Bitmap into a DirectDraw Surface

/*Drawing*/

c) Clear the BackBuffer and draw the DirectDraw Surface into the BackBuffer d) Flip the Back and Front Buffers at vertical Synchronization time of the Monitor (To avoid flickering of monitor)

/*Cleanup*/

e) Release the DirectDraw Surface, Back buffer, Front Buffer and the DirectDraw Object

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