# IBM Visualization Data Explorer Programmer's Reference

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## 16.8 Light Class

Light Objects specify lights for shading. They may be placed in a scene and transformed along with other Objects in the scene (e.g, by changing their positions).

`Light DXNewDistantLight()` | Creates a distant Light Object. See DXNewDistantLight.
`Light DXQueryDistantLight()` | Returns information about a Distant Light. See DXQueryDistantLight.
`Light DXNewAmbientLight()` | Creates a Light Object representing an ambient light source. See DXNewAmbientLight.
`Light DXQueryAmbientLight()` | Returns the color of an Ambient Light. See DXQueryAmbientLight.

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