IBM Visualization Data Explorer Programmer's Reference

16.8 Light Class

Light Objects specify lights for shading. They may be placed in a scene and transformed along with other Objects in the scene (e.g, by changing their positions).

Light DXNewDistantLight()
Creates a distant Light Object. See DXNewDistantLight.
Light DXQueryDistantLight()
Returns information about a Distant Light. See DXQueryDistantLight.
Light DXNewAmbientLight()
Creates a Light Object representing an ambient light source. See DXNewAmbientLight.
Light DXQueryAmbientLight()
Returns the color of an Ambient Light. See DXQueryAmbientLight.

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`Light DXNewDistantLight()`	Creates a distant Light Object. See DXNewDistantLight.
`Light DXQueryDistantLight()`	Returns information about a Distant Light. See DXQueryDistantLight.
`Light DXNewAmbientLight()`	Creates a Light Object representing an ambient light source. See DXNewAmbientLight.
`Light DXQueryAmbientLight()`	Returns the color of an Ambient Light. See DXQueryAmbientLight.