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>SDL_GL_GetProcAddress</H1
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>SDL_GL_GetProcAddress&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the address of a GL function</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>void *<B
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>SDL_GL_GetProcAddress</B
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>(const char* proc);</CODE
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>Returns the address of the GL function <TT
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><I
>proc</I
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>, or <SPAN
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>NULL</SPAN
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> GL functions must be retrieved this way. Usually this is used to retrieve function pointers to OpenGL extensions.</P
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>typedef void (*GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func)(unsigned int);
GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func glActiveTextureARB_ptr = 0;
int has_multitexture=1;
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/* Get function pointer */
glActiveTextureARB_ptr=(GL_ActiveTextureARB_Func) SDL_GL_GetProcAddress("glActiveTextureARB");

/* Check for a valid function ptr */
if(!glActiveTextureARB_ptr){
  fprintf(stderr, "Multitexture Extensions not present.\n");
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