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PIXBeginRetailEvent

Starts a user-defined retail event.

Syntax

Parameters

context   
Type: void*
Context for the event, accepts ID3D12GraphicsCommandList\*, ID3D12GraphicsCommandList\* and ID3D12XboxDmaCommandList\* (XBOX only). color   
Type: UINT64
The event color to use in the system timing chart. Use PIX_COLOR to specify a color, PIX_COLOR_INDEX to specify a color index, or pass in a raw DWORD noting that the format is ARGB and the alpha channel value must be 0xff.
formatString   _In_
Type: PCWSTR
The name to use to describe the event, as a pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string. The string may specify zero or more optional string format placeholders, very similar to sprintf formatting. Type: … If placeholders are used in formatString, there must be a corresponding number of parameters whose types depend on the placeholders. This method supports up to a maximum of 16 format parameters.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

With a debug or instrumented device, PIXBeginRetailEvent behaves identically to PIXBeginEvent. For a retail device, the events will be included in HIX files for GPU hang debugging. PIXBeginRetailEvent and PIXEndRetailEvent pairs can be nested to any depth.

Requirements

Header: pix3.h Library: pixevt.lib Supported platforms: XBOX One family consoles and XBOX Series consoles

See also

PIX (NDA topic)
pix3
PIXEndRetailEvent
PIXBeginRetailEvent(void*, UINT64, PCSTR, …)
Last modified on August 20, 2026