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4 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="mathml.xsl"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:pref="http://www.w3.org/2002/Math/preference" pref:renderer="mathplayer-dl"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="opengl-man.css" /><title>glGetActiveUniformName - OpenGL 4 Reference Pages</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1" /></head><body><div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="glGetActiveUniformName"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glGetActiveUniformName — query the name of an active uniform</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">glGetActiveUniformName</b>(</code></td><td>GLuint  </td><td><var class="pdparam">program</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLuint  </td><td><var class="pdparam">uniformIndex</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLsizei  </td><td><var class="pdparam">bufSize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLsizei * </td><td><var class="pdparam">length</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLchar * </td><td><var class="pdparam">uniformName</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
5 Specifies the program containing the active uniform index <em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em>.
6 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
7 Specifies the index of the active uniform whose name to query.
8 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>bufSize</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
9 Specifies the size of the buffer, in units of <code class="code">GLchar</code>, of the buffer whose address is specified in <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em>.
10 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
11 Specifies the address of a variable that will receive the number of characters that were or would have been written to the buffer addressed by <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em>.
12 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
13 Specifies the address of a buffer into which the GL will place the name of the active uniform at <em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em> within <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em>.
14 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
15 <code class="function">glGetActiveUniformName</code> returns the name of the active uniform at <em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em> within <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em>.
16 If <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em> is not <code class="code">NULL</code>, up to <em class="parameter"><code>bufSize</code></em> characters (including a nul-terminator) will be written into
17 the array whose address is specified by <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em>. If <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> is not <code class="code">NULL</code>, the number of characters
18 that were (or would have been) written into <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em> (not including the nul-terminator) will be placed in the variable whose address
19 is specified in <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em>. If <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> is <code class="code">NULL</code>, no length is returned. The length of the longest uniform
20 name in <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em> is given by the value of <code class="constant">GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORM_MAX_LENGTH</code>, which can be queried with
21 <a href="glGetProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetProgram</span></span></a>.
22 </p><p>
23 If <code class="function">glGetActiveUniformName</code> is not successful, nothing is written to <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> or <em class="parameter"><code>uniformName</code></em>.
24 </p><p>
25 <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em> must be the name of a program for which the command <a href="glLinkProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glLinkProgram</span></span></a>
26 has been issued in the past. It is not necessary for <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em> to have been linked successfully. The link could have failed because
27 the number of active uniforms exceeded the limit.
28 </p><p>
29 <em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em> must be an active uniform index of the program <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em>, in the range zero to
30 <code class="constant">GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORMS</code> - 1. The value of <code class="constant">GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORMS</code> can be queried with
31 <a href="glGetProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetProgram</span></span></a>.
32 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
33 <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>uniformIndex</code></em> is greater than or equal to the value
34 of <code class="constant">GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORMS</code>.
35 </p><p>
36 <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>bufSize</code></em> is negative.
37 </p><p>
38 <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>program</code></em> is not the name of a program object for which
39 <a href="glLinkProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glLinkProgram</span></span></a> has been issued.
40 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
41 <a href="glGetActiveUniform.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetActiveUniform</span></span></a>,
42 <a href="glGetUniformIndices.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetUniformIndices</span></span></a>,
43 <a href="glGetProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetProgram</span></span></a>,
44 <a href="glLinkProgram.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glLinkProgram</span></span></a>
45 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
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