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OpenGL 1.2 for AIX: Reference Manual

glXQueryContextInfoEXT Subroutine

Purpose

Queries context information

Library

C bindings library: libGL.a

C Syntax

int glXQueryContextInfoEXT(Display	*dpy,
    GLXContext	ctx,
    int		attribute,
    int		*value)

Description

The glXQueryContextInfoEXT subroutine returns the the visual id, screen number, and share list of ctx. This call may cause a round trip to the server.

The glXQueryContextInfoEXT subroutine is part of the EXT_import_context extension, not part of the core GLX command set. If GLX_EXT_import_context is included in the string returned by glXQueryExtensionsString, when called with argument GLX_EXTENSIONS, extension EXT_import_context is supported.

Parameters

dpy Specifies the connection to the X server.
ctx Specifies a GLX rendering context.
attribute The visual ID that the context was created with.
value The X screen the the context was created for.

Errors

GLXBadContext is generated if ctx does not refer to a valid context.

Related Information

The glXCreateContext subroutine, glXQueryVersion subroutine, glXQueryExtensionsString subroutine.


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