CreateWindow failure

Hi there, I'm in the starting process of making my first game engine, and I've got the code to make a basic window, but for some reason, I cant seem to get my CreateWindow function to work. It keeps failing. I added in a bit of Error handling code, and this is the reason I get:

"CreateWindow() failed with error 8: Not enough storage is available to process this command."

What are the reasons for this error message and failure of CreateWindow? The only one I am aware of, is there are not enough handles available so it fails, but I've excluded that idea, because I've rebooted my computer numerous times to refresh windows, but to no avail. Here is the code where I try to set up and create the window:

Code:

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Engine::Engine(EngineConfig *config)
{
        m_Loaded = false;

        m_pConfig = new EngineConfig;
        if (config)
                memcpy(m_pConfig, config, sizeof(EngineConfig));

        g_pEngine = this;

        WNDCLASSEX wc;
        wc.cbSize        = sizeof( WNDCLASSEX );
        wc.style        = CS_CLASSDC;
        wc.lpfnWndProc  = WndProc;
        wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
        wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
        wc.hInstance    = m_pConfig->hInstance;
        wc.hIcon        = LoadIcon( NULL, IDI_APPLICATION );
        wc.hCursor      = LoadCursor( NULL, IDC_ARROW );
        wc.hbrBackground = NULL;
        wc.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
        wc.lpszClassName = "WindowClass";
        wc.hIconSm      = LoadIcon( NULL, IDI_APPLICATION );

        // Check for class registration failure
        if (FAILED(RegisterClassEx(&wc)))
        {
                ShowError("RegisterClassEx()");
                m_Loaded = false;
                return;
        }

        CoInitializeEx(0, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);


        m_Window = CreateWindow("WindowClass", m_pConfig->name, WS_OVERLAPPED,
                                                        0, 0, 800, 600, NULL, NULL,
                                                        0, NULL );
        // Check for CreateWindow Failure
        if (!m_Window)
        {
                ShowError("CreateWindow()");
                m_Loaded = false;
                return;
        }

        // We're loaded and ready to go!
        m_Loaded = true;
}

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I would appreciate any help

You don't seem to have specified an instance handle when creating your window. Also, check to make sure that m_pConfig->name is properly initialised - try replacing it with an explicit string value (or zero) in your call to CreateWindow.

The MSDN said that on NT systems, the instance handle isnt used. I've tried both of those, and I still get the same error.

I've never noticed that before (about the instance) but then I rarely, if ever, use CreateWindow (msdn says nothing about that under the description of CreateWindowEx); but it's interesting to know nonetheless. :)

It still looks suspiciously like a problem with your engine class - try replacing

Code:

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wc.hInstance    = m_pConfig->hInstance;

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with

Code:

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wc.hInstance    = GetModuleHandle(0);

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making sure that you also replace other 'm_pConfig' member variables with explicit values in the rest of your window registration code.

No hmm, I still seem to get the same error.

I'm going to search through the MSDN about the error and see what I can find.

[EDIT]

ok, I found this on the MSDN:

Quote:

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Error Message:

Not enough storage is available to process this command.
User Action:

Do one of the following, then retry the command: (1) reduce the number of running programs; (2) remove unwanted files from the disk the paging file is on and restart the system; (3) check the paging file disk for an I/O error; or (4) install additional memory in your system.

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Although, no other programs give me any errors or problems when I run them, just this one. I'm really confused

Do you process any messages that are issued during system processing of CreateWindow, such as WM_NCREATE or WM_CREATE? Errors in these may cause window creation to fail.

Aha, thank you, I had forgotten about checking my WNDPROC.

I had forgotten to add in DefWindowProc() as the default. Whoops

Thank you for your help, it works now :D