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75 >SDL_UserEvent</H1
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82 >Name</H2
83 >SDL_UserEvent&nbsp;--&nbsp;A user-defined event type</DIV
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90 >Structure Definition</H2
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93 >typedef struct{
94   Uint8 type;
95   int code;
96   void *data1;
97   void *data2;
98 } SDL_UserEvent;</PRE
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131 ><TT
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133 >SDL_USEREVENT</TT
134 > through to <TT
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136 >SDL_NUMEVENTS-1</TT
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196 >Description</H2
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200 >SDL_UserEvent</SPAN
201 > is in the <TT
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203 ><I
204 >user</I
205 ></TT
206 > member of the structure <A
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210 >SDL_Event</SPAN
211 ></A
212 >. This event is unique, it is never created by SDL but only by the user. The event can be pushed onto the event queue using <A
213 HREF="sdlpushevent.html"
214 ><TT
215 CLASS="FUNCTION"
216 >SDL_PushEvent</TT
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218 >. The contents of the structure members or completely up to the programmer, the only requirement is that <TT
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221 >type</I
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223 > is a value from <TT
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225 >SDL_USEREVENT</TT
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241 >SDL_Event event;
242
243 event.type = SDL_USEREVENT;
244 event.user.code = my_event_code;
245 event.user.data1 = significant_data;
246 event.user.data2 = 0;
247 SDL_PushEvent(&#38;event);</PRE
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