Thread: graphics in the console

  1. 11-08-2009 #1
    YunHarla3000
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    graphics in the console

    well well its been a long time scince my last posts in this board (but who cares? =P)
    ive been writting a little win32-console program and for now everthing seems to be ok
    and ive started to think about graphical output (just to make it look a bit better).
    Till now i came across the idea of accessing the HDC of my console and tada .... i could set
    pixels,slow but it was working. But then i came up with the thought of adding Fullscreen
    support and as some of you may guess now.... no pixels
    so i would be grateful if somebody can give me a little hint how to solve this problem
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    I would suggest the book "Programming Windows 5th Edition" by petzold. It is a bargain at $14 here:
    Amazon.com: Programming Windows, 5th: Petzold: Books
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    Quote Originally Posted by YunHarla3000 View Post
    well well its been a long time scince my last posts in this board (but who cares? =P)
    ive been writting a little win32-console program and for now everthing seems to be ok
    and ive started to think about graphical output (just to make it look a bit better).
    Till now i came across the idea of accessing the HDC of my console and tada .... i could set
    pixels,slow but it was working. But then i came up with the thought of adding Fullscreen
    support and as some of you may guess now.... no pixels
    so i would be grateful if somebody can give me a little hint how to solve this problem
    Easy ... Don't try using a console app for graphics!
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