D3DADAPTER_IDENTIFIER9 Structure

Contains information identifying the adapter.

Syntax

typedef struct _D3DADAPTER_IDENTIFIER9 {
    char Driver[MAX_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER_STRING];
    char Description[MAX_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER_STRING];
    char DeviceName[32];
    LARGE_INTEGER DriverVersion;
    DWORD DriverVersionLowPart;
    DWORD DriverVersionHighPart;
    DWORD VendorId;
    DWORD DeviceId;
    DWORD SubSysId;
    DWORD Revision;
    GUID DeviceIdentifier;
    DWORD WHQLLevel;
} D3DADAPTER_IDENTIFIER9;

Members

Driver
Used for presentation to the user. This should not be used to identify particular drivers, because many different strings might be associated with the same device and driver from different vendors.
Description
Used for presentation to the user.
DeviceName
Device name for Microsoft?Windows?Graphics Device Interface (GDI).
DriverVersion
Identify the version of the Microsoft Direct3D?driver. It is legal to do less than and greater than comparisons on the 64-bit signed integer value. However, exercise caution if you use this element to identify problematic drivers. Instead, you should use DeviceIdentifier. See Remarks.
DriverVersionLowPart
Identify the version of the Direct3D driver. It is legal to do < and > comparisons on the 64-bit signed integer value. However, exercise caution if you use this element to identify problematic drivers. Instead, you should use DeviceIdentifier. See Remarks.
DriverVersionHighPart
Identify the version of the Direct3D driver. It is legal to do < and > comparisons on the 64-bit signed integer value. However, exercise caution if you use this element to identify problematic drivers. Instead, you should use DeviceIdentifier. See Remarks.
VendorId
Can be used to help identify a particular chip set. Query this member to identify the manufacturer. The value can be zero if unknown.
DeviceId
Can be used to help identify a particular chip set. Query this member to identify the type of chip set. The value can be zero if unknown.
SubSysId
Can be used to help identify a particular chip set. Query this member to identify the subsystem, typically the particular board. The value can be zero if unknown.
Revision
Can be used to help identify a particular chip set. Query this member to identify the revision level of the chip set. The value can be zero if unknown.
DeviceIdentifier
Can be queried to check changes in the driver and chip set. This globally unique identifier (GUID) is a unique identifier for the driver and chip set pair. Query this member to track changes to the driver and chip set in order to generate a new profile for the graphics subsystem. DeviceIdentifier can also be used to identify particular problematic drivers.
WHQLLevel
Used to determine the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) validation level for this driver and device pair. The DWORD is a packed date structure defining the date of the release of the most recent WHQL test passed by the driver. It is legal to perform < and > operations on this value. The following illustrates the date format.
Bits
31-16 The year, a decimal number from 1999 upwards.
15-8 The month, a decimal number from 1 to 12.
7-0 The day, a decimal number from 1 to 31.
The following values are also used.
0 Not certified.
1 WHQL validated, but no date information is available.

Bits
31-16	The year, a decimal number from 1999 upwards.
15-8	The month, a decimal number from 1 to 12.
7-0	The day, a decimal number from 1 to 31.

Remarks

The following pseudocode example illustrates the version format encoded in the DriverVersion, DriverVersionLowPart, and DriverVersionHighPart members.
Product = HIWORD(DriverVersion.HighPart)
Version = LOWORD(DriverVersion.HighPart)
SubVersion = HIWORD(DriverVersion.LowPart)
Build = LOWORD(DriverVersion.LowPart)
See the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) for more information about the HIWORD macro, the LOWORD macro, and the LARGE_INTEGER structure.
MAX_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER_STRING is a constant with the following definition.
#define MAX_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER_STRING        512
The VendorId, DeviceId, SubSysId, and Revision members can be used in tandem to identify particular chip sets. However, use these members with caution.

Structure Information

Header d3d9types.h
Minimum operating systems Windows 98

0	Not certified.
1	WHQL validated, but no date information is available.