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75 >SDL_ConvertSurface</H1
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82 >Name</H2
83 >SDL_ConvertSurface&nbsp;--&nbsp;Converts a surface to the same format as another surface.</DIV
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100 >#include "SDL/SDL.h"</PRE
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102 ><CODE
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104 CLASS="FUNCDEF"
105 >SDL_Surface *<B
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107 >SDL_ConvertSurface</B
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109 >(SDL_Surface *src, SDL_PixelFormat *fmt, Uint32 flags);</CODE
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123 >Creates a new surface of the specified format, and then copies and maps
124 the given surface to it.  If this function fails, it returns
125 <TT
126 CLASS="LITERAL"
127 >NULL</TT
128 >.</P
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130 >The <TT
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132 ><I
133 >flags</I
134 ></TT
135 > parameter is passed to 
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140 >SDL_CreateRGBSurface</TT
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143 and has those semantics.</P
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145 >This function is used internally by 
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148 ><TT
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150 >SDL_DisplayFormat</TT
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154 >This function can only be called after SDL_Init.</P
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162 >Return Value</H2
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164 >Returns either a pointer to the new surface, or
165 <TT
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167 >NULL</TT
168 > on error.</P
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176 >See Also</H2
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180 ><TT
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182 >SDL_CreateRGBSurface</TT
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184 >,
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