Re: video memory by William
William
Fri Sep 22 01:00:57 CDT 2006
<bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
news:1158885291.701643.218430@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Is there a way to access video memory directly in VC++?
If you are asking if you can access the "memory on" the video card from a
plain old application as you could under DOS and 16 bit Windows, the answer
is no.
Note, though, that the restriction is imposed by the operating system and is
quite independent of development language.
For most purposes, the closest you can get to the metal is with DirectX. If
you want more access than it provides you are likely looking at writing
something that runs in kernel mode.
It's a rare application that actually requires such access. What do you need
to do exactly?
Regards,
Will