I'm learning the Win32 framework (and others) to make a simple window to later draw with OpenGL on (C99).
Code:
WNDCLASSEX wc = {
.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX),
.style = 0,
.lpfnWndProc = cif_win32_wndproc,
.cbClsExtra = 0,
.cbWndExtra = 0,
.hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL),
.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION),
.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW),
.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_WINDOW + 1),
.lpszMenuName = NULL,
.lpszClassName = cif_win32_class,
.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION),
};
if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc)) {
return NULL;
}
HWND hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, cif_win32_class, "Nyeeh", WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 200, 200, 240, 120, NULL, NULL, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);
`cif_win32_class` is just a `const char[]`.
Here `CreateWindowEx` gives me an 1400 error (`ERROR_INVALID_WINDOW_HANDLE`). Strangely, if I replace `"Nyeeh"` with `""`, then I get an 87 error instead (`ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER`).