Effect Command-Line Compiler

Effects can be compiled into object files using the Fxc.exe utility in DXSDK/Utilities/ with a target of fx_2_0. The object file can then be used to create an effect directly, using D3DXCreateEffect. The usage is:

Syntax

Where:

• options are the compile switch options. Valid options include:

  Switch option	Description
  /T <profile>	Target profile, which is a single selection from the following profiles: Effect profile: fx_2_0 Procedural texture profile: tx_1_0 Vertex shader profiles are contained in: D3DXGetVertexShaderProfile Pixel shader profiles are contained in: D3DXGetPixelShaderProfile
  /E <name>	Entrypoint name.
  /Od	Disable optimizations.
  /Vd	Disable validation.
  /Zi	Enable debugging information.
  /Zpr	Pack matrices in row-major order.
  /Zpc	Pack matrices in column-major order.
  /Gpp	Force partial precision.
  /Fo <file>	Output object file.
  /Fc <file>	Output assembly code listing file.
  /Fx <file>	Output assembly code and hex listing file.
  /Fh <file>	Output header containing object code.
  /D <id>= <text>	Define macro.
  /nologo	Suppress copyright message.

• file is the filename of the effect to be compiled.

See Also

Shader Debugger