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= SDL_HINT_VIDEO_WIN_D3DCOMPILER =

A variable specifying which shader compiler to preload when using the Chrome ANGLE binaries

== Header File ==

Defined in [SDL_hints.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_hints.h), but apps should _only_ `#include "SDL.h"`!

== Syntax ==

<syntaxhighlight lang='c'>
#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_WIN_D3DCOMPILER              "SDL_VIDEO_WIN_D3DCOMPILER"</syntaxhighlight>

== Remarks ==

SDL has EGL and OpenGL ES2 support on Windows via the ANGLE project. It can
use two different sets of binaries, those compiled by the user from source
or those provided by the Chrome browser. In the later case, these binaries
require that SDL loads a DLL providing the shader compiler.

This variable can be set to the following values: "d3dcompiler_46.dll" -
default, best for Vista or later. "d3dcompiler_43.dll" - for XP support.
"none" - do not load any library, useful if you compiled ANGLE from source
and included the compiler in your binaries.

== Default ==

By default "d3dcompiler_46.dll" will be used.

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