---
name: "XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes"
section: "3x"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxext-dev"
version: "1:1.0.1-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes/3x"
---

# XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes(3x)

returns attributes of a DBE buffer.

## NAME

XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes - returns attributes of a DBE buffer.

## SYNOPSIS

\#include \<X11/extensions/Xdbe.h\>

XdbeBackBufferAttributes \*XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes(\
     Display        \*dpy,\
     XdbeBackBuffer buffer)

## DESCRIPTION

This function returns the attributes associated with the specified buffer.

The *XdbeBackBufferAttributes* structure has the following fields:

Window     window     window that buffer belongs to

If buffer is not a valid *XdbeBackBuffer,* window returns None.

The returned *XdbeBackBufferAttributes* structure can be freed with the  Xlib function **Xfree().**

## SEE ALSO

DBE, *XdbeAllocateBackBufferName(),* *XdbeBeginIdiom(),* *XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName(),* *XdbeEndIdiom(),* *XdbeFreeVisualInfo(),* *XdbeGetVisualInfo(),* *XdbeQueryExtension(),* *XdbeSwapBuffers().*