cgGetParameterSemantic(3)

NAME
cgGetParameterSemantic - get a parameter's semantic

SYNOPSIS
  #include <Cg/cg.h>
  const char * cgGetParameterSemantic( CGparameter param );

PARAMETERS
The parameter.

RETURN VALUES
Returns the NULL-terminated semantic string for the parameter.

Returns NULL if an error occurs.

DESCRIPTION
cgGetParameterSemantic allows the application to retrieve the semantic of a parameter in a Cg program. If a uniform parameter does not have a user-assigned semantic, an empty string will be returned. If a varying parameter does not have a user-assigned semantic, the semantic string corresponding to the compiler-assigned resource for that varying will be returned.

EXAMPLES
to-be-written

ERRORS
CG_INVALID_PARAM_HANDLE_ERROR is generated if param is not a valid parameter.

HISTORY
cgGetParameterSemantic was introduced in Cg 1.1.

SEE ALSO
the cgGetParameterResource manpage, the cgGetParameterResourceIndex manpage, the cgGetParameterName manpage, the cgGetParameterType manpage