hlslf
Keywords: hlslf, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Cg Toolkit, Cg Toolkit, Shader, Shader Programming, GPU Shader Programming, GPU Program

> ## Name

> hlslf - Translation profile to DirectX 9's High Level Shader Language for pixel shaders.

> ## Synopsis

>       hlslf

> ## Description

> This Direct3D profile translates Cg into DirectX 9's High Level Shader Language (HLSL) for pixel shaders.

> The compiler output for this profile conforms to the textual high-level language defined by DirectX 9's High Level Shading Language. See:

>       http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb509561.aspx

> The limitations of the hlslf profile depend on what HLSL profile to which the translated HLSL code is compiled.

> ## 3D Api Dependencies

> Requires Direct3D 9 support.

> ## Profile Options

> None.

> ## Data Types

> In general, the Cg data types translate to the HLSL data types with the same name.

> half
>   NVIDIA GPUs may use half-precision floating-point when the Partial Precision instruction modifier is specified. Half-precision floating-point is encoded with a sign bit, 10 mantissa bits, and 5 exponent bits (biased by 16), sometimes called s10e5.
> float
>   The float data type corresponds to a floating-point representation with at least 24 bits.
>   NVIDIA GPUs supporting hlslf use standard IEEE 754 single-precision floating-point encoding with a sign bit, 23 mantissa bits, and 8 exponent bits (biased by 128), sometimes called s10e5.
>   Older ATI GPUs use 24-bit floating-point.
> fixed
>   The fixed data type is treated like half.

> ## Semantics

> ## Input Semantics

> The varying input semantics in the hlslf profile correspond to the respectively named varying output semantics of the vs_2_0 profile.

>     Binding Semantics Name           Corresponding Data

>     COLOR                            Input primary color
>     COLOR0
>     COL
>     COL0

>     COLOR1                           Input secondary color
>     COL1

>     TEX0                             Input texture coordinate sets 0
>     TEXCOORD0

>     TEX1                             Input texture coordinate sets 1
>     TEXCOORD1

>     TEX2                             Input texture coordinate sets 2
>     TEXCOORD2

>     TEX3                             Input texture coordinate sets 3
>     TEXCOORD3

>     TEX4                             Input texture coordinate sets 4
>     TEXCOORD4

>     TEX5                             Input texture coordinate sets 5
>     TEXCOORD5

>     TEX6                             Input texture coordinate sets 6
>     TEXCOORD6

>     TEX7                             Input texture coordinate sets 7
>     TEXCOORD7

>     FOGP                             Input fog color (XYZ) and factor (W)
>     FOG

> ## Uniform Input Semantics

> Sixteen texture units are supported:

>     Binding Semantic Name            Corresponding Data

>     TEXUNIT0                         Texture unit 0
>     TEXUNIT1                         Texture unit 1
>     ...
>     TEXUNIT15                        Texture unit 15

> ## Output Semantics

>     COLOR                            Output color (float4)
>     COLOR0
>     COL0
>     COL

>     DEPTH                            Output depth (float)
>     DEPR

> ## Standard Library Issues

> This profile is limited to standard library support available in HLSL. In general, the Cg and HLSL standard libraries are very similar.

> ## See Also

> hlslv