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1Launching Viz {#tutorial_launching_viz}
2=============
3
4Goal
5----
6
7In this tutorial you will learn how to
8
9-   Open a visualization window.
10-   Access a window by its name.
11-   Start event loop.
12-   Start event loop for a given amount of time.
13
14Code
15----
16
17You can download the code from [here ](https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/tree/master/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/viz/launching_viz.cpp).
18@include samples/cpp/tutorial_code/viz/launching_viz.cpp
19
20Explanation
21-----------
22
23Here is the general structure of the program:
24
25-   Create a window.
26    @code{.cpp}
27    /// Create a window
28    viz::Viz3d myWindow("Viz Demo");
29    @endcode
30-   Start event loop. This event loop will run until user terminates it by pressing **e**, **E**,
31    **q**, **Q**.
32    @code{.cpp}
33    /// Start event loop
34    myWindow.spin();
35    @endcode
36-   Access same window via its name. Since windows are implicitly shared, **sameWindow** is exactly
37    the same with **myWindow**. If the name does not exist, a new window is created.
38    @code{.cpp}
39    /// Access window via its name
40    viz::Viz3d sameWindow = viz::get("Viz Demo");
41    @endcode
42-   Start a controlled event loop. Once it starts, **wasStopped** is set to false. Inside the while
43    loop, in each iteration, **spinOnce** is called to prevent event loop from completely stopping.
44    Inside the while loop, user can execute other statements including those which interact with the
45    window.
46    @code{.cpp}
47    /// Event loop is over when pressed q, Q, e, E
48    /// Start event loop once for 1 millisecond
49    sameWindow.spinOnce(1, true);
50    while(!sameWindow.wasStopped())
51    {
52        /// Interact with window
53
54        /// Event loop for 1 millisecond
55        sameWindow.spinOnce(1, true);
56    }
57    @endcode
58
59Results
60-------
61
62Here is the result of the program.
63
64![](images/window_demo.png)
65