So I'm finally taking a serious look at windows programing, and I have come across my first problem rather quickly...
I created a simple window with no problems, but now I am adding a menu and I can't get it to do anything. Not sure if it is something I am missing in the programming or if it is a setting in C::B but as soon as I added the files 'resource.h' and 'resource.rc' I get this error:
Code:
rc.exe /IC:\Development\Dot_Net_Framework\v2.0\Bin /IC:\Development\VCToolkit2003\include /IC:\Development\MS_Platform_SDK\Include /IC:\Development\DirextX_90_SDK\Include -foobj\Debug\resource.res resource.rc
Execution of 'rc.exe /IC:\Development\Dot_Net_Framework\v2.0\Bin /IC:\Development\VCToolkit2003\include /IC:\Development\MS_Platform_SDK\Include /IC:\Development\DirextX_90_SDK\Include -foobj\Debug\resource.res resource.rc' in 'C:\Programming\Win32_Tutorials\windows' failed.
Nothing to be done.
and the code...
main.cpp
Code:
#include <windows.h>
#include "resource.h"
// the window class name as a global variable
const char g_szClassName[] = "myWindowClass";
/*********************************************************************************/
/***** Step 4: the Window Procedure ********************************************/
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(msg)
{
// left click on the window to display the .exe file path
case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
{
char szFileName[MAX_PATH];
HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
GetModuleFileName(hInstance, szFileName, MAX_PATH);
MessageBox(hwnd, szFileName, "This program is:",
MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
} break;
case WM_CLOSE:
{
DestroyWindow(hwnd);
} break;
case WM_DESTROY:
{
PostQuitMessage(0);
} break;
default:
{
return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}
}
return 0;
}
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX wc;
HWND hwnd;
MSG Msg;
/*********************************************************************************/
/***** Step 1: Registering the Window Class ************************************/
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = 0;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
wc.lpszMenuName = MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYMENU);
wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName;
wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
{
MessageBox(NULL, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!",
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
return 0;
}
/*********************************************************************************/
/***** Step 2: Creating the Window *********************************************/
hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
g_szClassName,
"The title of my window",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT,
480, 240,
NULL,
NULL,
hInstance,
NULL);
if(hwnd == NULL)
{
MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!",
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
return 0;
}
ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hwnd);
/*********************************************************************************/
/***** Step 3: The Message Loop ************************************************/
while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
{
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}
return Msg.wParam;
}
resource.h
Code:
#ifndef RESOURCE_H_INCLUDED
#define RESOURCE_H_INCLUDED
#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define ID_FILE_EXIT 1001
#endif // RESOURCE_H_INCLUDED
resource.rc
Code:
#include "resource.h"
IDR_MYMENU MENU
BEGIN
POPUP "&File"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT
END
END
I'm sure it is something simple but I just can't place it... Any ideas?