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PIXSetRetailMarker

Inserts a retail marker, when a particular user-defined event occurs.

Syntax

Parameters

context   
Type: void*
Context for the event, accepts ID3D12GraphicsCommandList* , ID3D12CommandQueue* and ID3D12XboxDmaCommandList* (XBOX only). color   
Type: UINT64
The color that will be used in the timing chart when this event occurs in PIX windows.
Use PIX_COLOR to specify a color, use 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 (up to a maximum of 16) whose types match the placeholders.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

With a debug or instrumented device, PIXSetRetailMarker behaves identically to PIXSetMarker. For a retail device, the markers will be included in HIX files for GPU hang debugging. Calls to PIXSetRetailMarker can occur anywhere, and do not have to follow a call to PIXBeginRetailEvent.

Requirements

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

See also

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