NAME

       glUseProgram - Installs a program object as part of current rendering state

C SPECIFICATION

       void glUseProgram(GLuint program);

PARAMETERS

       program
           Specifies the handle of the program object whose executables are to be used as part of current
           rendering state.

DESCRIPTION

       glUseProgram installs the program object specified by program as part of current rendering state. One or
       more executables are created in a program object by successfully attaching shader objects to it with
       glAttachShader(), successfully compiling the shader objects with glCompileShader(), and successfully
       linking the program object with glLinkProgram().

       A program object will contain an executable that will run on the vertex processor if it contains one or
       more shader objects of type GL_VERTEX_SHADER that have been successfully compiled and linked. A program
       object will contain an executable that will run on the geometry processor if it contains one or more
       shader objects of type GL_GEOMETRY_SHADER that have been successfully compiled and linked. Similarly, a
       program object will contain an executable that will run on the fragment processor if it contains one or
       more shader objects of type GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER that have been successfully compiled and linked.

       While a program object is in use, applications are free to modify attached shader objects, compile
       attached shader objects, attach additional shader objects, and detach or delete shader objects. None of
       these operations will affect the executables that are part of the current state. However, relinking the
       program object that is currently in use will install the program object as part of the current rendering
       state if the link operation was successful (see glLinkProgram() ). If the program object currently in use
       is relinked unsuccessfully, its link status will be set to GL_FALSE, but the executables and associated
       state will remain part of the current state until a subsequent call to glUseProgram removes it from use.
       After it is removed from use, it cannot be made part of current state until it has been successfully
       relinked.

       If program is zero, then the current rendering state refers to an invalid program object and the results
       of shader execution are undefined. However, this is not an error.

       If program does not contain shader objects of type GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, an executable will be installed on
       the vertex, and possibly geometry processors, but the results of fragment shader execution will be
       undefined.

NOTES

       Like buffer and texture objects, the name space for program objects may be shared across a set of
       contexts, as long as the server sides of the contexts share the same address space. If the name space is
       shared across contexts, any attached objects and the data associated with those attached objects are
       shared as well.

       Applications are responsible for providing the synchronization across API calls when objects are accessed
       from different execution threads.

ERRORS

       GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if program is neither 0 nor a value generated by OpenGL.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if program is not a program object.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if program could not be made part of current state.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if transform feedback mode is active.

ASSOCIATED GETS

       glGet() with the argument GL_CURRENT_PROGRAM

       glGetActiveAttrib() with a valid program object and the index of an active attribute variable

       glGetActiveUniform() with a valid program object and the index of an active uniform variable

       glGetAttachedShaders() with a valid program object

       glGetAttribLocation() with a valid program object and the name of an attribute variable

       glGetProgram() with a valid program object and the parameter to be queried

       glGetProgramInfoLog() with a valid program object

       glGetUniform() with a valid program object and the location of a uniform variable

       glGetUniformLocation() with a valid program object and the name of a uniform variable

       glIsProgram()

SEE ALSO

       glAttachShader(), glBindAttribLocation(), glCompileShader(), glCreateProgram(), glDeleteProgram(),
       glDetachShader(), glLinkProgram(), glUniform(), glValidateProgram(), glVertexAttrib()

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2003-2005 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and
       conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
       http://opencontent.org/openpub/.

AUTHORS

       opengl.org

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