getdrivername

Returns a pointer to a string containing the name of the current graphics driver.

Defined in header <graphics.h>

Syntax

#include <graphics.h>
char *far getdrivername(void);

Portability

Remarks

After a call to initgraph, getdrlvername returns the name of the driver that is currently loaded.

Return value

getdrlvername returns a pointer to a string with the name of the currently loaded graphics driver.

See also

• initgraph

Example

#include <graphics.h>
iinclude <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int mainO
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;

   /* stores the device driver name  */
   char *drivername;

   /* initialize graphics and local variables  */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode,  "");
/* read result of initialization  */
errorcode = graphresult ();
if (errorcode  != grOk) { /* an error occurred */
   printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg( errorcode)
   printf("Press any key to halt:");
   getchO ;
   exit(l);                /* terminate with an error code */
}
setcolor(getmaxcolor (
/* get the name of the device driver  in use */
drivername = getdrivername ();

/* for centering text onscreen  */
settextjustify (CENTER_TEXT, CENTER_TEXT) ;
/* output the name of the driver  */
outtextxy (getmaxxO / 2, getmaxyO   / 2, drivername);

/* clean up */
getchO ;
closegraphO ;
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Extraction notes

• heading `getdrivernanne` read as `getdrivername`

Stable link: /3.1/graphics.h/getdrivername/ · short form /3.1/getdrivername/