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11/17/2011

AlphaTestEffect Class

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Contains a configurable effect that supports alpha testing.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Effect
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.AlphaTestEffect

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class AlphaTestEffect _
    Inherits Effect _
    Implements IEffectMatrices, IEffectFog

public class AlphaTestEffect : Effect, 
    IEffectMatrices, IEffectFog

The AlphaTestEffect type exposes the following members.

Constructors

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

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Alpha	Gets or sets the material alpha which determines its transparency. Range is between 1 (fully opaque) and 0 (fully transparent).
	AlphaFunction	Gets or sets the compare function for alpha test. The default value is Greater.
	CurrentTechnique	Gets or sets the active technique. (Inherited from Effect.)
	DiffuseColor	Gets or sets the diffuse color for a material, the range of color values is from 0 to 1.
	FogColor	Gets or sets the fog color, the range of color values is from 0 to 1.
	FogEnabled	Gets or sets the fog enable flag.
	FogEnd	Gets or sets the maximum z value for fog.
	FogStart	Gets or sets the minimum z value for fog.
	IsDisposed	Gets a value that indicates whether the object is disposed. (Inherited from Effect.)
	Projection	Gets or sets the projection matrix.
	ReferenceAlpha	Gets or sets the reference alpha value, the default value is 0.
	Techniques	Gets a collection of techniques that are defined for this effect. (Inherited from Effect.)
	Texture	Gets or sets the current texture.
	VertexColorEnabled	Gets or sets whether vertex color is enabled.
	View	Gets or sets the view matrix.
	World	Gets or sets the world matrix.

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Methods

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

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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.

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