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75 >SDL_GL_GetProcAddress</H1
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82 >Name</H2
83 >SDL_GL_GetProcAddress&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the address of a GL function</DIV
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100 >#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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102 ><CODE
103 ><CODE
104 CLASS="FUNCDEF"
105 >void *<B
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107 >SDL_GL_GetProcAddress</B
108 ></CODE
109 >(const char* proc);</CODE
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123 >Returns the address of the GL function <TT
124 CLASS="PARAMETER"
125 ><I
126 >proc</I
127 ></TT
128 >, or <SPAN
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130 >NULL</SPAN
131 > if the function is not found. If the GL library is loaded at runtime, with <A
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137 >, then <SPAN
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141 >all</I
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143 > GL functions must be retrieved this way. Usually this is used to retrieve function pointers to OpenGL extensions.</P
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154 >typedef void (*GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func)(unsigned int);
155 GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func glActiveTextureARB_ptr = 0;
156 int has_multitexture=1;
157 .
158 .
159 .
160 /* Get function pointer */
161 glActiveTextureARB_ptr=(GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func) SDL_GL_GetProcAddress("glActiveTextureARB");
162
163 /* Check for a valid function ptr */
164 if(!glActiveTextureARB_ptr){
165   fprintf(stderr, "Multitexture Extensions not present.\n");
166   has_multitexture=0;
167 }
168 .
169 .
170 .
171 .
172 if(has_multitexture){
173   glActiveTextureARB_ptr(GL_TEXTURE0_ARB);
174   .
175   .
176 }
177 else{
178   .
179   .
180 }</PRE
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