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.TH "GLCREATESHADERPROGRA" "3G" "05/30/2012" "[FIXME: source]" "[FIXME: manual]"
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.SH "NAME"
glCreateShaderProgramv \- create a stand\-alone program from an array of null\-terminated source code strings
.SH "C SPECIFICATION"
.HP \w'GLuint\ glCreateShaderProgramv('u
.BI "GLuint glCreateShaderProgramv(GLenum\ " "type" ", GLsizei\ " "count" ", const\ char\ **" "strings" ");"
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fItype\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the type of shader to create\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIcount\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the number of source code strings in the array
\fIstrings\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIstrings\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the address of an array of pointers to source code strings from which to create the program object\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBglCreateShaderProgram\fR
creates a program object containing compiled and linked shaders for a single stage specified by
\fItype\fR\&.
\fIstrings\fR
refers to an array of
\fIcount\fR
strings from which to create the shader executables\&.
.PP

\fBglCreateShaderProgram\fR
is equivalent (assuming no errors are generated) to:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
    const GLuint shader = glCreateShader(type);
    if (shader) {
        glShaderSource(shader, count, strings, NULL);
        glCompileShader(shader);
        const GLuint program = glCreateProgram();
        if (program) {
            GLint compiled = GL_FALSE;
            glGetShaderiv(shader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &compiled);
            glProgramParameteri(program, GL_PROGRAM_SEPARABLE, GL_TRUE);
            if (compiled) {
                glAttachShader(program, shader);
                glLinkProgram(program);
                glDetachShader(program, shader);
            }
            /* append\-shader\-info\-log\-to\-program\-info\-log */
        }
        glDeleteShader(shader);
        return program;
    } else {
        return 0;
    }
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The program object created by
\fBglCreateShaderProgram\fR
has its
\fBGL_PROGRAM_SEPARABLE\fR
status set to
\fBGL_TRUE\fR\&.
.SH "ERRORS"
.PP

\fBGL_INVALID_OPERATION\fR
is generated if
\fIpipeline\fR
is not a name previously returned from a call to
\fBglGenProgramPipelines\fR()
or if such a name has been deleted by a call to
\fBglDeleteProgramPipelines\fR()\&.
.PP

\fBGL_INVALID_OPERATION\fR
is generated if
\fIprogram\fR
refers to a program object that has not been successfully linked\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBglCreateShader\fR(),
\fBglCreateProgram\fR(),
\fBglCompileShader\fR(),
\fBglLinkProgram\fR()
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
Copyright
\(co
2010 Khronos Group\&. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1\&.0, 8 June 1999\&.
\m[blue]\fBhttp://opencontent\&.org/openpub/\fR\m[]\&.