cgCreateEffect(3)

NAME
cgCreateEffect - create an effect object from a source string

SYNOPSIS
  #include <Cg/cg.h>
  CGeffect cgCreateEffect( CGcontext context,
                           const char * source,
                           const char ** args );

PARAMETERS
The context to which the new effect will be added. A string containing the effect's source code. If args is not NULL it is assumed to be an array of NULL-terminated strings that will be passed directly to the compiler as arguments. The last value of the array must be a NULL.

RETURN VALUES
Returns a CGeffect handle on success.

Returns NULL if any error occurs. the cgGetLastListing manpage can be called to retrieve any warning or error messages from the compilation process.

DESCRIPTION
cgCreateEffect generates a new CGeffect object and adds it to the specified Cg context.

EXAMPLES
   char *effectSource = ...;
   CGcontext context = cgCreateContext();
   CGeffect effect  = cgCreateEffect(context,
                                     effectSource,
                                     NULL);

ERRORS
CG_INVALID_CONTEXT_HANDLE_ERROR is generated if context is not a valid context.

CG_COMPILER_ERROR is generated if compilation fails.

HISTORY
cgCreateEffect was introduced in Cg 1.4.

SEE ALSO
the cgCreateContext manpage, the cgCreateEffectFromFile manpage, the cgGetLastListing manpage