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The graPHIGS Programming Interface : Subroutine Reference

About This Book

This manual provides information on the subroutines available in the graPHIGS* Application Programming Interface for creating graphical application programs.

Terminology

The graPHIGS Application Programming Interface is referred to in this guide as the graPHIGS API or the API.

Organization

This manual contains the graPHIGS API subroutines. The subroutines are divided into 19 functional groups. Within each group, the subroutines are listed alphabetically. This manual is organized as follows:

Introduction

General information on the graPHIGS API subroutines and the organization of this manual.

Chapter 1

Control Subroutines

Chapter 2

Output Primitives

Chapter 3

Attribute Structure Elements

Chapter 4

Miscellaneous Structure Elements

Chapter 5

Structure Operations

Chapter 6

Archive Subroutines

Chapter 7

Workstation Table Operations

Chapter 8

Display Subroutines

Chapter 9

Transformation Subroutines

Chapter 10

Input Subroutines

Chapter 11

Font Subroutines

Chapter 12

Image Subroutines

Chapter 13

Utility Subroutines

Chapter 14

Error Handling

Chapter 15

Miscellaneous Subroutines

Chapter 16

Inquire Subroutines

Chapter 17

Compatibility Subroutines

Chapter 18

Distributed Application Processing (DAP)

Chapter 19

Explicit Traversal Subroutines

Appendix

The appendix has these sections: 1) Character set and font identifiers, 2) Error processing, 3) Error-to-Subroutine reference

How to use this book

This is a reference manual which contains the information you need to code your calls and to declare variables correctly. The concepts and techniques employed in graphics programming are described in The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts Specific information about device support capabilities, such as prompt/echo types for input devices, is provided in The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference

Each subroutine listed in this manual has information about error codes and functional relations to help you identify more readily the source of errors resulting from data, program flow. Each subroutine description explains the result to the subroutine call and a list of the errors associated with the subroutine. (See Appendix B. "Error Processing" for general information regarding errors and error processing. See The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts and The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Messages and Codes for more detailed information regarding errors and error processing.)

This manual should be used in conjunction with the other books in the graPHIGS API library.

The graPHIGS API Library

Following are the publications in the graPHIGS API library:

System Management

  • The GDDM/graPHIGS Programming Interface: Installation and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8197

  • The AIX PS/2 Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Installation and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8114

  • The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Customization and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8130

    • General Information

  • The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Getting Started , SC33-8198

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Introducing , SC33-8190

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Tutorial User' Guide , SC33-8119

  • The graPHIGS API: Demonstration Program , SK2T-0715 (AIX)

    • Program Development

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts , SC33-8191

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Writing Applications , SC33-8192

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference , SC33-8193

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference , SC33-8194

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference , SC33-8195

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Quick Reference , SC28-2705

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Subroutine Reference , SC33-8140

  • The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: User's Guide for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8111

  • The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8112

  • The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8113

    • Program Service

  • The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Messages and Codes , SC33-8196

    • Related Publications

    Publications that relate to this product include:

    The graPHIGS Programming Interface

  • graPHIGS Programming Interface Programming Examples , GG24-3588

  • PHIGS Programming Manual , by Tom Gaskins, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 1992

    • IBM System/370

  • System/370 Principles of Operation , GA22-7000

  • System/370 Extended Architecture: Principles of Operation , SA22-7085

    • X-Windows

  • AIXwindows Desktop User's Guide and Enhancements , GBOF-1820

  • AIXwindows Programming Guide , GG24-3382

    • AIX

  • AIX General Concepts and Procedures for IBM RISC System/6000 , GC23-2202

  • AIX General Programming Concepts for IBM RISC System/6000 , SC23-2205

  • AIX User Interface Programming Concepts for IBM RISC System/6000 , SC23-2209

  • AIX Calls and Subroutines , SC23-2198

  • AIX for RISC System/6000 Commands Reference , GBOF-1802

  • AIX for RISC System/6000 Task Index and Glossary , GC23-2201

  • AIX Version 3 for RISC System/6000 Technical Reference , SBOF-0539
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