Splash Screen not centered

Hi!! I'm trying to create a splash screen and i created that window

Code:

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    hwnd = CreateWindowEx (0,szClassName,
                          "Splash Screen",WS_OVERLAPPED,CW_USEDEFAULT,
                          CW_USEDEFAULT,400,200,HWND_DESKTOP,
                          NULL,hThisInstance,NULL);

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It works but

1) The splash screen is randomly positionated and i want it centered

2) It appears the windows title and i want only the 400x200 bmp

any suggestion ?

(i'm using dev cpp)

1. Use GetSystemMetrics to retrieve the screen dimensions and use that to set the x,y,nWidth and nHeight parameters of CreateWindowEx. Where you don't already know the dimensions of the bitmap use GetObject to determine them at runtime.

2. Change the style bits to WS_POPUP.

Code:

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hwnd = CreateWindowEx (0,szClassName,
                      "Splash screen",
                      WS_POPUP,
(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFULLSCREEN) - 400) / 2,
(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFULLSCREEN) - 200) / 2,
                      400,200,HWND_DESKTOP,
                      NULL,hThisInstance,NULL);

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WORKING :D

You may also be interested in the following to center your window in the usable space (work area) of the client area:

GetSystemMetrics:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...temmetrics.asp
states for SM_CXFULLSCREEN, SM_CYFULLSCREEN: "Width and height of the client area for a full-screen window on the primary display monitor, in pixels. To get the coordinates of the portion of the screen not obscured by the system taskbar or by application desktop toolbars, call the SystemParametersInfo function with the SPI_GETWORKAREA value."

winuser.h contains a style for dialogs

DS_CENTER

I have made a function to center windows (#include <windows.h>):

Code:

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void CenterWindow(HWND hwnd)
{
  RECT rc;
  int W;
  int H;
  GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rc);
  W = rc.right - rc.left;
  H = rc.bottom - rc.top;
  int SX = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
  int SY = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
  SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_DESKTOP, (SX / 2) - (W / 2), (SY / 2) - (H / 2), W, H, 0);
}

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