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OpenGL 1.2 for AIX: Reference Manual

glGetPointerv Subroutine

Purpose

Returns the address of the specified pointer.

Library

OpenGL C bindings library: libGL.a

C Syntax

void glGetPointerv(GLenum pname,
     GLvoid* *params)

Description

The glGetPointerv subroutine returns pointer information. The pname parameter is a symbolic constant indicating the pointer to be returned, and params is a pointer to a location in which to place the returned data.

Parameters

pname Specifies the array or buffer pointer to be returned. The following symbolic constants are accepted:
  • GL_COLOR_LIST_IBM
  • GL_COLOR_ARRAY_POINTER
  • GL_EDGE_FLAG_LIST_IBM
  • GL_EDGE_FLAG_ARRAY_POINTER
  • GL_FEEDBACK_BUFFER_POINTER
  • GL_INDEX_LIST_IBM
  • GL_INDEX_ARRAY_POINTER
  • GL_NORMAL_LIST_IBM
  • GL_NORMAL_ARRAY_POINTER
  • GL_TEXTURE_COORD_LIST_IBM
  • GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_POINTER
  • GL_SELECTION_BUFFER_POINTER
  • GL_VERTEX_LIST_IBM
  • GL_VERTEX_ARRAY_POINTER
params Returns the pointer value specified by pname.

Notes

The glGetPointerv subroutine is available only if the GL version is 1.1 or greater.

The pointers are all client side state.

The initial value for each pointer is 0.

Error Codess

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if pname is not an accepted value.

Related Information

The glArrayElement subroutine, glColorPointer subroutine, glColorPointerListIBM subroutine, glDrawArrays subroutine, glEdgeFlagPointer subroutine, glEdgeFlagPointerListIBM subroutine, glFeedbackBuffer subroutine, glIndexPointer subroutine, glIndexPointerListIBM subroutine, glNormalPointer subroutine, glNormalPointerListIBM subroutine, glSelectBuffer subroutine, glTexCoordPointer subroutine, glTexCoordPointerListIBM subroutine, glVertexPointer subroutine, glVertexPointerListIBM subroutine.


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