Thread: winAPI with C

Hi all
Well i wanted to ask you guys if there is nay apllication or programming tech that i can use with C to produce winAPI..Like creating text box and stuff like that using C.Some one told me that i can use MFC..But i dont even know what MFC stands for ..Help me out guys..

Do you at least know the basics of windows programming?

Well i was just curious .If it is possible to inserte text box and stuff like that in ur C code...or is it possible in C programming lang...
First of all i dont even know what the hell is windows programming ..enlighten me on it

Originally posted by Fordy
LOL...what do you think?!!

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Perhaps i should ask datainjector to re-phrase or clarify what
it is that he/she's looking for.

Well, it's not hard to create a windows program with C.

Basically, what happens is the following:

1) You create an instance of a window class.

//or create your own class.The term class is always used even
//though the standard window class is a structure.

2) You register the instance of that class.
3) You create a window using the window class that you declared
4) You show the window
5) Now you enter a loop.

// This loop will get messages from the window and send it to
// a function known as a windows procedure. In the function,
// The proper course of action takes place depending on message
// Normal messages would be like, when click a button.

Here's an example :

Code:

#include "resource.h"

// Global Variables:
HINSTANCE hInst;				
TCHAR szWindowClass[MAX_LOADSTRING];						
// Foward declarations of functions included in this code module:
ATOM	MyRegisterClassHINSTANCE hInstance);
BOOL	InitInstance(HINSTANCE, int);
LRESULT CALLBACK	WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
 	// TODO: Place code here.
	MSG msg;
	
	MyRegisterClass(hInstance);

	// Perform application initialization:
	if (!InitInstance (hInstance, nCmdShow)) 
	{
		return FALSE;
	}

	// Main message loop:
	while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) 
	{
		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}

	return msg.wParam;
}

ATOM MyRegisterClass(HINSTANCE hInstance)
{
	WNDCLASSEX wcex; //This is the instance

	wcex.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); 

	wcex.style= CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
	wcex.lpfnWndProc	= (WNDPROC)WndProc;
	wcex.cbClsExtra= 0;
	wcex.cbWndExtra= 0;
	wcex.hInstance= hInstance;
	wcex.hIcon= LoadIcon(hInstance, (LPCTSTR)I_WIND2);
	wcex.hCursor= LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wcex.hbrBackground= (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
	wcex.lpszMenuName=NULL;
	wcex.lpszClassName= szWindowClass;
	wcex.hIconSm= NULL;
	return RegisterClassEx(&wcex); //Registering it
}

BOOL InitInstance(HINSTANCE hInstance, int nCmdShow)
{
   HWND hWnd;

   hInst = hInstance; // Store instance handle in global variable
//Create the window
   hWnd = CreateWindow(szWindowClass, szTitle,
                                         WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
                                         0,0,100,100,
                                         NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

   if (!hWnd)
   {
      return FALSE;
   }
//Show the window
   ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
   UpdateWindow(hWnd);

   return TRUE;
}

//
//  FUNCTION: WndProc(HWND, unsigned, WORD, LONG)
//
//  PURPOSE:  Processes messages for the main window.
//
//  WM_COMMAND	- process the application menu
//  WM_PAINT	- Paint the main window
//  WM_DESTROY	- post a quit message and return
//
//
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, 
                                              WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	int wmId, wmEvent;
	
                switch (message) 
	{
		case WM_DESTROY:
			PostQuitMessage(0);
			break;
		default:
			return DefWindowProc(hWnd, 
                                                          message, wParam, lParam);
   }
   return 0;
}