.TH "SDL_CreateRGBSurface" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 

.SH "NAME"

SDL_CreateRGBSurface \- Create an empty SDL_Surface

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.PP

\fB#include "SDL\&.h"

.sp

\fBSDL_Surface *\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurface\fP\fR(\fBUint32 flags, int width, int height, int depth, Uint32 Rmask, Uint32 Gmask, Uint32 Bmask, Uint32 Amask\fR);

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

Allocate an empty surface (must be called after \fISDL_SetVideoMode\fR)

.PP

If \fBdepth\fR is 8 bits an empty palette is allocated for the surface, otherwise a \&'packed-pixel\&' \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR is created using the \fB[RGBA]mask\fR\&'s provided (see \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR)\&. The \fBflags\fR specifies the type of surface that should be created, it is an OR\&'d combination of the following possible values\&.

.TP 20

\fBSDL_SWSURFACE\fP

SDL will create the surface in system memory\&. This improves the performance of pixel level access, however you may not be able to take advantage of some types of hardware blitting\&.

.TP 20

\fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP

SDL will attempt to create the surface in video memory\&. This will allow SDL to take advantage of Video->Video blits (which are often accelerated)\&.

.TP 20

\fBSDL_SRCCOLORKEY\fP

This flag turns on colourkeying for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and colourkeyed blits are hardware-accelerated, then SDL will attempt to place the surface in video memory\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.

.TP 20

\fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP

This flag turns on alpha-blending for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and alpha-blending blits are hardware-accelerated, then the surface will be placed in video memory if possible\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.

.PP

.RS

\fBNote:  

.PP

If an alpha-channel is specified (that is, if \fBAmask\fR is nonzero), then the \fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP flag is automatically set\&. You may remove this flag by calling \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR after surface creation\&.

.RE

.SH "RETURN VALUE"

.PP

Returns the created surface, or \fBNULL\fR upon error\&.

.SH "EXAMPLE"

.PP

.nf

\f(CW    /* Create a 32-bit surface with the bytes of each pixel in R,G,B,A order,

       as expected by OpenGL for textures */

    SDL_Surface *surface;

    Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;

    /* SDL interprets each pixel as a 32-bit number, so our masks must depend

       on the endianness (byte order) of the machine */

#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN

    rmask = 0xff000000;

    gmask = 0x00ff0000;

    bmask = 0x0000ff00;

    amask = 0x000000ff;

#else

    rmask = 0x000000ff;

    gmask = 0x0000ff00;

    bmask = 0x00ff0000;

    amask = 0xff000000;

#endif

    surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, width, height, 32,

                                   rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);

    if(surface == NULL) {

        fprintf(stderr, "CreateRGBSurface failed: %s

", SDL_GetError());

        exit(1);

    }\fR

.fi

.PP

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

\fI\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_FreeSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_LockSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Surface\fR\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR

...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01