== Draft ==

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= SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromFile =
Use this function to load a set of [[CategoryGameController|Game Controller]] mappings from a file, filtered by the current [[SDL_GetPlatform]]().
A community sourced database of controllers is available [https://raw.github.com/gabomdq/SDL_GameControllerDB/master/gamecontrollerdb.txt here|target="_blank"] (on GitHub).




== Syntax ==
<syntaxhighlight lang='c++'>
int SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromFile(const char* filename)
</syntaxhighlight>


== Function Parameters ==
{|
|'''filename'''
|the name of the database you want to load
|}


== Return Value ==
<<Include(SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW, , , from="== Return Value ==", to="== Code Examples ==")>>


== Code Examples ==
<syntaxhighlight lang='c++'>
SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromFile("gamecontrollerdb.txt");
</syntaxhighlight>


== Remarks ==
<<Include(SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW, , , from="== Remarks ==", to="== Version ==")>>


== Version ==
This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.

== Related Functions ==
:[[SDL_GameControllerAddMapping]]
:[[SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW]]
:[[SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID]]

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[[CategoryAPI]], [[CategoryGameController]], [[CategoryDraft]]
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