SyncDisplayReceive

Demonstrates how to receive notifications of changes in display settings using ADLX. To receive the event, another application must be used to change these settings, such as the DisplayFreeSync.

Sample Path

/Samples/CPP/ReceivingEventsNotifications/SyncDisplayReceive

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//
// Copyright (c) 2021 - 2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


#include "SDK/ADLXHelper/Windows/Cpp/ADLXHelper.h"
#include "SDK/Include/IDisplays.h"
#include "SDK/Include/IDisplays1.h"
#include "SDK/Include/IDisplays2.h"
#include "SDK/Include/IDisplays3.h"
#include "SDK/Include/IDisplaySettings.h"
#include "conio.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <thread>

// Use ADLX namespace
using namespace adlx;

// ADLXHelper instance.
// No outstanding interfaces from ADLX must exist when ADLX is destroyed.
// Use global variables to ensure validity of the interface.
static ADLXHelper g_ADLXHelp;

// Block event to verify call back
HANDLE displaySettingsEvent = nullptr;
HANDLE display3DLUTEvent = nullptr;
// Quit event to exit
HANDLE quitEvent = nullptr;

// Get the display unique name
void DisplayUniqueName(IADLXDisplayPtr display, char* uniqueName);

// Call back to handle changed events
class CallBackDisplaySettingsChanged : public IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedListener
{
public:
    adlx_bool ADLX_STD_CALL OnDisplaySettingsChanged(IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent* pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent) override
    {
        ADLX_SYNC_ORIGIN  origin = pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->GetOrigin();
        if (origin == SYNC_ORIGIN_EXTERNAL )
        {
            IADLXDisplayServicesPtr displayServices;
            g_ADLXHelp.GetSystemServices()->GetDisplaysServices(&displayServices);
            IADLXDisplayPtr display;
            pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->GetDisplay(&display);
            char displayName[128] = "Unknown";
            DisplayUniqueName(display, displayName);
            if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsColorDepthChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << " Get sync event, color depth is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomColorBrightnessChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << " Get sync event, custom color brightness is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomColorContrastChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, custom color contrast is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomColorHueChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, custom color hue is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomColorSaturationChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, custom color saturation is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomColorTemperatureChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, custom color temperature is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsCustomResolutionChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, custom resolution is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsFreeSyncChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, free sync is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsGPUScalingChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, GPU scaling is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsHDCPChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, HDCP is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsIntegerScalingChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, integer scaling is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsPixelFormatChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, pixel is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsScalingModeChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, scaling mode is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsVariBrightChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, vari bright is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent->IsVSRChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, VSR is changed" << std::endl;
            }

            // Get IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent1 interface
            IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent1Ptr pDisplaySettingChangedEvent1(pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent);
            if (nullptr == pDisplaySettingChangedEvent1)
            {
                std::cout << "IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent1 not supported" << std::endl;
            }
            else
            {
                if (pDisplaySettingChangedEvent1->IsDisplayBlankingChanged())
                {
                    std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, Display blanking is changed" << std::endl;
                }
            }

            // Get IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent2 interface
            IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent2Ptr pDisplaySettingChangedEvent2(pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent);
            if (nullptr == pDisplaySettingChangedEvent2)
            {
                std::cout << "IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent2 not supported" << std::endl;
            }
            else
            {
                if (pDisplaySettingChangedEvent2->IsDisplayConnectivityExperienceChanged())
                {
                    std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, Display connectivity experience is changed" << std::endl;
                }
            }

            // Get IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent3 interface
            IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent3Ptr pDisplaySettingChangedEvent3(pDisplaySettingsChangedEvent);
            if (nullptr == pDisplaySettingChangedEvent3)
            {
                std::cout << "IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedEvent3 not supported" << std::endl;
            }
            else
            {
                if (pDisplaySettingChangedEvent3->IsFreeSyncColorAccuracyChanged())
                {
                    std::cout << "Display " << displayName << "Get sync event, FreeSync color accuracy is changed" << std::endl;
                }
            }
        }
        SetEvent(displaySettingsEvent);

        // Return true for ADLX to continue notifying the next listener, or false to stop notification.
        return true;
    }
};

class CallBackDisplay3DLUTChanged : public IADLXDisplay3DLUTChangedListener
{
public:
    adlx_bool ADLX_STD_CALL OnDisplay3DLUTChanged(IADLXDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent* pDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent) override
    {
        ADLX_SYNC_ORIGIN  origin = pDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent->GetOrigin();
        if (origin == SYNC_ORIGIN_EXTERNAL )
        {
            IADLXDisplayPtr display;
            pDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent->GetDisplay(&display);
            char displayName[128] = "Unknown";
            DisplayUniqueName(display, displayName);
            if (pDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent->IsSCEChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << " Get sync event, SCE is changed" << std::endl;
            }
            else if (pDisplay3DLUTChangedEvent->IsCustom3DLUTChanged())
            {
                std::cout << "Display " << displayName << " Get sync event, custom 3D LUT is changed" << std::endl;
            }
        }
        SetEvent(display3DLUTEvent);

        // Return true for ADLX to continue notifying the next listener, or false to stop notification
        return true;
    }
};

// Wait for exit with error message
void QuitWait(adlx_bool* loopFlag)
{
    while (true)
    {
        // Non-blocking checking if the I/O cache has characters
        if (_kbhit())
        {
            char c;
            if ((c = getchar()) == 'q' || c == 'Q')
            {
                *loopFlag = false;
                SetEvent(quitEvent);
                break;
            }
        }
        Sleep(100);
    }
}

int main()
{
    // Define return code
    ADLX_RESULT  res = ADLX_FAIL ;

    // Initialize ADLX
    res = g_ADLXHelp.Initialize();
    if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
    {
        // Create block event
        displaySettingsEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
        display3DLUTEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
        // Create quit event
        quitEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
        // Create event array
        HANDLE eventArray[] = { displaySettingsEvent, display3DLUTEvent, quitEvent };

        // Get display service
        IADLXDisplayServicesPtr displayServices;
        res = g_ADLXHelp.GetSystemServices()->GetDisplaysServices(&displayServices);

        if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
        {
            // Get Change handle
            IADLXDisplayChangedHandlingPtr changeHandle;
            res = displayServices->GetDisplayChangedHandling(&changeHandle);
            if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
            {
                // Create call back
                IADLXDisplaySettingsChangedListener *displaySettingsChangedCallBack = new CallBackDisplaySettingsChanged;
                IADLXDisplay3DLUTChangedListener* display3DLUTChangedCallBack = new CallBackDisplay3DLUTChanged;

                // Add call back
                changeHandle->AddDisplaySettingsEventListener(displaySettingsChangedCallBack);
                changeHandle->AddDisplay3DLUTEventListener(display3DLUTChangedCallBack);

                // Create a thread to check quit event
                bool loopFlag = true;
                std::thread t{ QuitWait, &loopFlag};

                std::cout << "\\nWaiting for display change event... Press Q/q to quit\\n" << std::endl;
                while (true)
                {
                    // Wait for change event or request to quit
                    DWORD waitRet = WaitForMultipleObjects(3, eventArray, FALSE, INFINITE);
                    if (!loopFlag)
                    {
                        if (t.joinable())
                        {
                            t.join();
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                }

                // Remove call back
                changeHandle->RemoveDisplaySettingsEventListener(displaySettingsChangedCallBack);
                changeHandle->RemoveDisplay3DLUTEventListener(display3DLUTChangedCallBack);

                // Delete call back
                delete displaySettingsChangedCallBack;
                delete display3DLUTChangedCallBack;
                displaySettingsChangedCallBack = nullptr;
                display3DLUTChangedCallBack = nullptr;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            std::cout << "Failed to get the Display Services" << std::endl;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "ADLX initialization failed" << std::endl;
        return 0;
    }

    // Destroy ADLX
    res = g_ADLXHelp.Terminate();
    std::cout << "Destroy ADLX res: " << res << std::endl;

    // Close event
    if (displaySettingsEvent)
        CloseHandle(displaySettingsEvent);
    if (display3DLUTEvent)
        CloseHandle(display3DLUTEvent);
    if (quitEvent)
        CloseHandle(quitEvent);

    // Pause to see the print out
    system("pause");

    return 0;
}

void DisplayUniqueName(IADLXDisplayPtr display, char* uniqueName)
{
    if (nullptr != display && nullptr != uniqueName)
    {
        const char* gpuName = nullptr;
        display->Name(&gpuName);
        adlx_size id;
        display->UniqueId(&id);
        sprintf_s(uniqueName, 128, "name:%s, id:%zu", gpuName, id);
    }
}

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