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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="mathml.xsl"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:pref="http://www.w3.org/2002/Math/preference" pref:renderer="mathplayer-dl"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>eglCreateWindowSurface</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0" /></head><body><div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="eglCreateWindowSurface"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>eglCreateWindowSurface — 
            create a new <acronym class="acronym">EGL</acronym> window surface
        </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">EGLSurface <b class="fsfunc">eglCreateWindowSurface</b>(</code></td><td>EGLDisplay <var class="pdparam">display</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>EGLConfig <var class="pdparam">config</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>NativeWindowType <var class="pdparam">native_window</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>EGLint const * <var class="pdparam">attrib_list</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>display</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>Specifies the EGL display connection.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>Specifies the EGL frame buffer configuration that defines the
                    frame buffer resource available to the surface.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>native_window</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>Specifies the native window.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attrib_list</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
                    Specifies window surface attributes.
                    Must be <code class="constant">NULL</code> or empty
                    (first attribute is <code class="constant">EGL_NONE</code>).
                </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
            <code class="function">eglCreateWindowSurface</code> creates an EGL
            window surface and returns its handle.
            If <code class="function">eglCreateWindowSurface</code> fails to create a
            window surface, <code class="constant">EGL_NO_SURFACE</code> is
            returned.
        </p><p>
            Any EGL rendering context that was created with respect to
            <em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em> can be used to render into the surface.
            Use <a class="citerefentry" href="eglMakeCurrent.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglMakeCurrent</span></span></a>
            to attach an EGL rendering context to the surface.
        </p><p>
            Use
            <a class="citerefentry" href="eglQuerySurface.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglQuerySurface</span></span></a>
            to retrieve the ID of <em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em>.
        </p><p>
            Use <a class="citerefentry" href="eglDestroySurface.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglDestroySurface</span></span></a>
            to destroy the surface.
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_NO_SURFACE</code> is returned if creation of
            the context fails.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_DISPLAY</code> is generated if
            <em class="parameter"><code>display</code></em> is not an EGL display connection.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED</code> is generated if
            <em class="parameter"><code>display</code></em> has not been initialized.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_CONFIG</code> is generated if
            <em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em> is not an EGL frame buffer configuration.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_NATIVE_WINDOW</code> may be generated if
            <em class="parameter"><code>native_window</code></em> is not a valid native window.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE</code> is generated if
            <em class="parameter"><code>attrib_list</code></em> contains an invalid window attribute
            or if an attribute value is not recognized or is out of range.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_ALLOC</code> is generated if there are not
            enough resources to allocate the new surface.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">EGL_BAD_MATCH</code> is generated if the attributes of
            <em class="parameter"><code>native_window</code></em> do not correspond to
            <em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em> or if
            <em class="parameter"><code>config</code></em> does not support rendering to windows
            (the <code class="constant">EGL_SURFACE_TYPE</code> attribute does not contain
            <code class="constant">EGL_WINDOW_BIT</code>).
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
            <a class="citerefentry" href="eglDestroySurface.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglDestroySurface</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="eglChooseConfig.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglChooseConfig</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="eglGetConfigs.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglGetConfigs</span></span></a>,      <a class="citerefentry" href="eglMakeCurrent.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglMakeCurrent</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="eglQuerySurface.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">eglQuerySurface</span></span></a>
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
            Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 2003-2004
            Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
            Free Software B License. For details, see
            <a class="ulink" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
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