That's just like writing: const int MAX_LOADSTRINGS = 100 Ī #define is a pre-processor macro. ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL) // Second parameter is a style to show the windowĬlick to expand.#define MAX_LOADSTRINGS 100 If window style is WS_VISIBLE, window is shown noramlly

WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, // Sets a window style. HWND hWnd = CreateWindow('GameWindow', // Choses my window class We have a opportunity to chose window style and to add a menu. GameWindow.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION) This is given to your WinMain function and is passed there GameWindow.hInstance = hInstance // the handle to the instance of your app. Used when we call CreateWindow(Ex) to tell the function which window class we want an object instance of GameWindow.lpszClassName = szWindowClass // unique name to the window class. GameWindow.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1) // Color of the background GameWindow.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW) // Window cursor GameWindow.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION) // Window icon GameWindow.lpfnWndProc = WndProcedure // pointer to the start of the windows message handler GameWindow.style =CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW // designates when that the window is resized horizontally and vertically GameWindow.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX) // always set to size of WNDCLASSEX or WNDCLASS depending which you use WNDCLASSEX GameWindow // Populate the WNDCLASSEX structure Int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, Create Engine.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application. (I created my code in a console application) Visual is telling me the second parameter needs to be LPCWSTR which I have no idea what that is or why its telling me that. The last problem I have is using CreateWindowEx. How do I set these variables into the names I want? Also what is MAXLOADSTRINGS?

Im not really sure how to set the variables, I only know you initialize them from looking at Win32 App in Visual. Im not sure why I can't just follow the tutorial and write strings. My other problem is szTitle and szWindowClass and MAXLOADSTRING. WndProcedure or WndProc is also a undeclared identifier. I made a Win32 App in Visual and compared the two and tried to get some stuff to work but I still have no idea how or why some of the changes work and why others do.įor example, in the tutorial, it tells me to use the variable hInstance but visual is telling me that the variable is undeclared. I tried using the code they wrote in my program and I was getting a lot of errors. So I started to read this( ) tutorial on how to create a window and use win32 API for C++.

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