OpenGL can be a lot easier when you first start because of the glut library - it will automatically create windows, switch screen modes, etc.

To answer the question... you create a window, and then ''put'' DX or GL to it.

minizap, you're stupid.

he said he knows the basics of C++, c++ has nothing to do with creating a window you fool. What are you some microsft lover that thinks ooh microsoft is the only OS so therefore creating a window must be a known thing?

[Now now, let's all play nice together -- deadlinegrunt*]

ok.. anyway.

If you're willing to spend some money. There is a huge ass book called Programming Windows by Charles Petzold, contains almost everything in the win32api.


CrappySoft - game production team with a punk attitude. Mail me if you want to make levels, art etc.

*Personally I see both yours and minizips points. Content edited regardless...


Edited by - deadlinegrunt on June 30, 2001 4:21:55 AM

I was looking forward those two books, The programming window , the definiti guide to win32 API is 55 dollars and The Tricks of
the Windows Game Programming Gurus is 45. If i get those book will it get me started in windows programming ?

"The shortcut is not always the best way "

Metal Typhoon

I've got Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus and Programming Windows, and I've found them both to be excellent books.

Tricks has just a few chapters on strictly windows programming, before it delves in DirectX 6.1. It's a somewhat accelerated, streamlined introduction to windows programming: it doesn't tell you everything you'll need to know, just enough to get started. I found it very useful to be able to get windows progs up and running quickly. But then I reached a point where I wanted to do more.

So I got Programming Windows. That book, combined with the MSDN, shows you how to do pretty much anything that can be done in windows.

Both those books are excellent for teaching the windows api, but the best reference is simply the MSDN.

=======================================
Matt Welch

"What sounds to you like a big bloat of trashy old noise
is in fact the brilliant music of a genius--myself" ~ Iggy Pop

Edited by - the Dealy Lama on June 30, 2001 11:02:34 AM

Thought I'd go ahead and post some simple junk:


// Includes
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

#include windows.h
#include stdlib.h
#include stdio.h
#include time.h
#include math.h


LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message,WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam );

// WinMain

HWND mWnd;

int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,LPSTR lpCmdLine, int iCmdShow )
{
WNDCLASS wc; HWND hWnd; HDC hDC; HGLRC hRC; MSG msg;
BOOL bQuit = FALSE;

// register window class
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | CS_OWNDC;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hInstance, (LPCTSTR)IDI_ICON1);
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor( NULL, IDC_ARROW );
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject( BLACK_BRUSH );
wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = "MyWindow";
RegisterClass( &wc );

hWnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "MyWindow", "MyWindow", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 640, 480, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

// Display the window
ShowWindow(hWnd,SW_SHOW);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);

mWnd = hWnd;

// program main loop
while ( !bQuit ) {

// check for messages
if ( PeekMessage( &msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE ) ) {

// handle or dispatch messages
if ( msg.message == WM_QUIT ) {
bQuit = TRUE;
} else {
TranslateMessage( &msg );
DispatchMessage( &msg );
}

} else {


}

}

// destroy the window explicitly
DestroyWindow( hWnd );

return msg.wParam;

}

// Window Procedure

LRESULT CALLBACK
WndProc( HWND hWnd, UINT message,
WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{

switch ( message ) {

case WM_CREATE:
return 0;

case WM_CLOSE:
PostQuitMessage( 0 );
return 0;

case WM_DESTROY:
return 0;

case WM_KEYDOWN:
switch ( wParam ) {

case VK_ESCAPE:
PostQuitMessage( 0 );
return 0;

}
return 0;

default:
return DefWindowProc( hWnd,
message, wParam, lParam );

}

}







Edited by - Scooter on June 30, 2001 9:28:52 PM