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vkCreateEvent(3)
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Name
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vkCreateEvent - Create a new event object.

C Specification
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// refBegin vkCreateEvent Create a new event object.

To create an event, call:

include::../api/protos/vkCreateEvent.txt[]


Parameters
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  * pname:device is the logical device that creates the event.
  * pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
    sname:VkEventCreateInfo structure which contains information about how
    the event is to be created.
  * pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
    <<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
  * pname:pEvent points to a handle in which the resulting event object is
    returned.


Description
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When created, the event object is in the unsignaled state.

include::../validity/protos/vkCreateEvent.txt[]


See Also
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slink:VkAllocationCallbacks, slink:VkDevice, slink:VkEvent, slink:VkEventCreateInfo


Document Notes
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For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#vkCreateEvent

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification.
Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification,not directly.

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