Compile a pixel shader from a string?

[george7378]

Hey all!

I was wondering if it’s possible to compile a pixel shader at runtime from a string which contains the source code?

Thanks!

[KakCAT]

In Windows you can programmatically run 2mgfx.exe with Process.Start

It’s ugly but it works.

Running a .exe application from Windows Forms

[willmotil]

Dunno if this still works was long ago.

There is a test class you can copy paste down in the post should probably read thru the post and its probably not cross platform.

[Solved] Is it possible to directly load a effect from a class files string;

To say if i have a class file .cs with hlsl code in a string there. Is it possible to directly parse and load it into the gpu as a effect at game load time ? I mean from the cs file. I was thinking it would be nice to have its opposite code variables to be passed, vertice buffers, vertex structs noted or contained in a corresponding class so i could reduce it all down to just calling a method. Because im lazy and all and want to save time, i thought i have to open up the .fx and see which va…

[george7378]

Thanks for the replies! Ah, so you can build the string, save it to a file, then import it using the path to the file. Hmm.

That would be good enough for me as my idea is just gonna be an experiment.