PIXBeginEvent - XBOX Game Development Documentation

Starts a user-defined event for a timing capture of CPU activity, to be displayed in the System Timing Capture feature of PIX. Calls to PIXBeginEvent must have a corresponding call to PIXEndEvent. Both calls must be made from the same thread.

Overload list

Name	Description
PIXBeginEvent (UINT64, PCSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined event for a timing capture of CPU activity, to be displayed in the System Timing Capture feature of PIX.
PIXBeginEvent (UINT64, PCWSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined event for a timing capture of CPU activity, to be displayed in the System Timing Capture feature of PIX.
PIXBeginEvent (void*, UINT64, PCSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined event for a timing capture of CPU activity, to be displayed in the System Timing Capture feature of PIX.
PIXBeginEvent (void*, UINT64, PCWSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined event for a timing capture of CPU activity, to be displayed in the System Timing Capture feature of PIX.
PIXBeginRetailEvent (void*, UINT64, PCSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined retail event.
PIXBeginRetailEvent (void*, UINT64, PCWSTR, …)	Starts a user-defined retail event.

Conceptual documentation

ATG Systems Engagement Checklist

See also

PIXEndEvent
PIX3
PIX (NDA topic)

Last modified on October 29, 2026

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