Introduction

This sample demonstrates how to load and display a simple texture.

Controls
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Implementation
1. The OnLoad event handler constructs a new texture object with GL.GenTextures(). It
then uses System.Drawing.Bitmap to load an image from the hard drive and uploads the
image data to OpenGL via GL.TexImage2D().
2. The OnRenderFrame event handler uses immediate mode to render a simple textured
quad.
Note 1: System.Drawing.Bitmap stores its image data in BGRA order. This means we
must use Bgra as our PixelFormat in GL.TexImage2D().
Note 2: In GL.TexImage2D(), PixelInternalFormat defines the storage format of texels
("texel elements") in video memory. PixelFormat defines the format of the image data we
will upload to video memory. If these do not match, OpenGL will automatically convert
our image data from PixelFormat to PixelInternalFormat, which will incure a slight
performance penalty.
Note 3: In this sample, we explicitly disable mipmaps by setting TextureMinFilter to
Linear (via GL.TexParameter()). Alternatively, we could enable mipmaps (set
TextureMinFilter to LinearMipmapNearest or LinearMipmapLinear) and generate
mipmaps for our source image using GL.GenerateMipmap().
Note 4: Do not forget to enable texturing via GL.Enable(EnableCap.Texture2D) prior to
rendering. Without this, textures will show up white!