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11/17/2011

Effect Class

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Used to set and query effects, and to choose techniques.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Effect
    Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.AlphaTestEffect
    Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.BasicEffect
    Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.DualTextureEffect
    Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.EnvironmentMapEffect
    Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.SkinnedEffect

Namespace: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics
Assembly: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Extensions (in Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Extensions.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Effect

public class Effect

The Effect type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Effect	Initializes a new instance of the Effect class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CurrentTechnique	Gets or sets the active technique.
	IsDisposed	Gets a value that indicates whether the object is disposed.
	Techniques	Gets a collection of techniques that are defined for this effect.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose()	Immediately releases the unmanaged resources used by this object.
	Dispose(Boolean)	Releases the unmanaged resources used by the Effect and optionally releases the managed resources.
	Finalize	Allows this object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before garbage collection reclaims the object. (Overrides Object.Finalize().)

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.