Do you use CW_USEDEFAULT? Or do you put your own values in it?
Do you use CW_USEDEFAULT? Or do you put your own values in it?
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You can put either value, it is up to you.
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Of course you can, but what do you prefer?
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I don't do too much straight GDI type stuff anymore, I mainly use DirectX. However when I do need to, I usually use CW_USEDEFAULT though.
Just our of curiosity (and a little off topic), where did you learn to program in DirectX? My buddy and I are going to start doing that, and I'm looking for some promising docs on it...
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Pretty much just doing stuff on my own. They taught the basics at school but I had to learn some of the other components entirely on my own (i.e. Direct3D). I'm sure there are a lot of good tutorials out there...perhaps atOriginally posted by Garfield
Just our of curiosity (and a little off topic), where did you learn to program in DirectX? My buddy and I are going to start doing that, and I'm looking for some promising docs on it...
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Are you going to be doing DirectDraw stuff? Basic 2D game or something? If you need some specific help or a sample of something I can give you some of my old source code if you want. Well if you want to talk further about DirectX send me a private message and I can answer your questions.
A quick note about putting in your own values for positioning a window. Make sure that you do put some care into where you put your window. Most importantly, make sure it is on screen. HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\display\Setting has a key called Resolution. This is what I usually use when I want to put a window in the middle of someone's screen or something. Enjoy.
An easier way to get the screen res is
Code:hdc=GetDC(NULL); iWidth =GetDeviceCaps(hdc,HORZRES); iHeight =GetDeviceCaps(hdc,VERTRES); ReleaseDC(hdc); // or as a RECT hDesktop=GetDesktopWindow(); GetWindowRect(hDesktop,&DesktopRect);
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