# vkEnumerateInstanceVersion(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkEnumerateInstanceVersion - Query instance-level version before instance creation

## C Specification

To query the version of instance-level functionality supported by the implementation, call:

    VkResult vkEnumerateInstanceVersion(
        uint32_t*                                   pApiVersion);

## Parameters

- `pApiVersion` is a pointer to a `uint32_t`, which is the version of Vulkan supported by instance-level functionality, encoded as described in https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/vkspec.html#extendingvulkan-coreversions-versionnumbers.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `pApiVersion` must be a valid pointer to a `uint32_t` value

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.