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>SDL_LockSurface</H1
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>Name</H2
>SDL_LockSurface&nbsp;--&nbsp;Lock a surface for directly access.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>SDL_LockSurface</B
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>(SDL_Surface *surface);</CODE
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><TT
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>SDL_LockSurface</TT
> sets up a surface for directly 
accessing the pixels.  Between calls to <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_LockSurface</TT
>
and <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_UnlockSurface</TT
>, you can write to and read from 
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>surface-&#62;<TT
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><I
>pixels</I
></TT
></I
></TT
>, using the pixel format stored in
<TT
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><I
>surface-&#62;<TT
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>format</I
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>.  Once you are done accessing the
surface, you should use <TT
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>SDL_UnlockSurface</TT
> to release it.</P
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>Not all surfaces require locking.  
If <TT
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>SDL_MUSTLOCK</TT
>(<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>surface</I
></TT
>)
evaluates to <SPAN
CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
>0</SPAN
>, then you can read and write to the 
surface at any time, and the pixel format of the surface will not change. </P
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>No operating system or library calls should be made between lock/unlock
pairs, as critical system locks may be held during this time.</P
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>It should be noted, that since SDL 1.1.8 surface locks are recursive. This means that you can lock a surface multiple times, but each lock must have a match unlock.
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>    .
    .
    SDL_LockSurface( surface );
    .
    /* Surface is locked */
    /* Direct pixel access on surface here */
    .
    SDL_LockSurface( surface );
    .
    /* More direct pixel access on surface */
    .
    SDL_UnlockSurface( surface );
    /* Surface is still locked */
    /* Note: Is versions &#60; 1.1.8, the surface would have been */
    /* no longer locked at this stage                         */
    .
    SDL_UnlockSurface( surface );
    /* Surface is now unlocked */
    .
    .</PRE
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><TT
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>SDL_LockSurface</TT
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>0</SPAN
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or <SPAN
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>-1</SPAN
> if the surface couldn't be locked.</P
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><TT
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>SDL_UnlockSurface</TT
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