Create Texture From File

[poohpooh]

Im having problems with this little function im making

for some reason the texture dont get created (messagebox never gets called)

Im trying to pass a BYTE array of a image to the function

void AddTexture(BYTE* texture)
{
	LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 Direct3DTexture = NULL;
	if (D3D_OK == D3DXCreateTextureFromFileInMemory(pDevice, &texture, sizeof(texture), &Direct3DTexture))
	{
		MessageBoxA(NULL, "created", "created", MB_OK);
	}
}

[Peter87]

The third argument is supposed to be the size of the file in memory. sizeof(texture) gives you the size of the texture pointer (probably 4 or 8 bytes).

[poohpooh]

D3DXCreateTextureFromFileInMemory works though if I don't wrap it in my own function

[Peter87]

Note that the type is important when using sizeof. If texture is an array it will return the size of the array. If texture is a pointer it will return the size of the pointer.

void SomeOtherFunction()
{
	BYTE texture[1000];
	// texture is an array here.
	// sizeof(texture) will return 1000.
}

void AddTexture(BYTE* texture)
{
	// texture is a pointer here. 
	// sizeof(texture) will return the size of the pointer (usually 4 or 8).
}

[poohpooh]

Whats the best way to wrap it in my own function then?

[Avilius]

void AddTexture(BYTE* texture, UINT size)
{
	LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 Direct3DTexture = NULL;
	if (D3D_OK == D3DXCreateTextureFromFileInMemory(pDevice, &texture, size, &Direct3DTexture))
	{
		MessageBoxA(NULL, "created", "created", MB_OK);
	}
}

[poohpooh]

I tried it just like that before i made this topic.
But it dont create the texture using it like that