DIVE: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:11, 9 January 2017

DIVE stands for Direct Interface Video Extensions, and is meant for blitting (copying) bitmaps to the screen quickly.

It was originally designed to simplify direct writing to the screen for the video codecs (compression/decompression algorithms) in OS/2, but it is also extremely useful for games. It allows a standardized way to write to the screen quickly while preserving the desktop around it.

Functions

DiveQueryCaps
DiveOpen
DiveClose
DiveSetupBlitter
DiveBlitImage
DiveAcquireFrameBuffer
DiveSwitchBank
DiveDeacquireFrameBuffer
DiveSetDestinationPalette
DiveSetSourcePalette
DiveCalcFrameBufferAddress
DiveAllocImageBuffer
DiveFreeImageBuffer
DiveBeginImageBufferAccess
DiveEndImageBufferAccess
DiveFullScreenInit
DiveFullScreenTerm
DiveSetTransparentBlitMode
DiveBlitImageLines
_DIVEInitTerm

Files

DIVE.DLL

Articles

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 It was originally designed to simplify direct writing to the screen for the video codecs (compression/decompression algorithms) in OS/2, but it is also extremely useful for games. It allows a standardized way to write to the screen quickly while preserving the desktop around it.
-==Documentation==
+==Functions==
-* [[OS2 API:DIVE|DIVE API Documentation]]
+<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
+*DiveQueryCaps
+*DiveOpen
+*DiveClose
+*DiveSetupBlitter
+*DiveBlitImage
+*DiveAcquireFrameBuffer
+*DiveSwitchBank
+*DiveDeacquireFrameBuffer
+*DiveSetDestinationPalette
+*DiveSetSourcePalette
+*DiveCalcFrameBufferAddress
+*DiveAllocImageBuffer
+*DiveFreeImageBuffer
+*DiveBeginImageBufferAccess
+*DiveEndImageBufferAccess
+*DiveFullScreenInit
+*DiveFullScreenTerm
+*DiveSetTransparentBlitMode
+*DiveBlitImageLines
+*_DIVEInitTerm
+</div>
 ==Files==
-{| border="1"
+* [[DIVE.DLL]]
-|-
-!Name !!Comments
-|-
-|| [[DIVE.DLL]] || DIVE Library DLL.
-|-
-|}
 ==Articles==
+* [[DIVEing into OS/2 Games!]]
 * [[NewShow: A C++ DIVE Class Sample]]
 * [[OS/2 Warp Game Developer's Seminar]]
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 * [[Gearing Up For Games - Part 3]]
-==Replacements==
+[[Category:The OS/2 API Project]]
-==Links==
-[[Category:Components]]