Thread: CreateWindow() help!

i heard that if you have a WNDCLASS structure you can create many windows with that structure...but do they all need to have a different class name or can it the same...

Code:

WNDCLASS wndclass;
...//other assignments
wndclass.lpszClassName = TEXT("WINPROG");

hwnd1 = CreateWindow(TEXT("WINPROG"),.....
hwnd2 = CreateWindow(TEXT("WINPROG"),.....
//same class names but different instances..is that possible?

thanks

The windows all must have the same class name in order for them to belong to the same class.

what i dont get is "the same window class"...can you clarify that for me?...what is the window class name...like the same classification...(not C++ classes)....please explain

what i dont get is "the same window class"...can you clarify that for me?...what is the window class name...like the same classification...(not C++ classes)....please explain

A window class is something you register with RegisterClass().
Once you have registered this class you can instanciate is as many times as you want.
Like:

Code:

HWND myWindow;
WNDCLASSEX wnd;
wnd.lpszClassName = "myWindowClass";
wnd.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
/* etc etc..initialize the fields of the WNDLCASSEX structure here.
..
*/
RegisterClassEx(&wnd); // here you register you class so you can use it in you app

now this window class is registered with the name "myWindowClass" and you can create as many instances as you want by calling

Code:

myWindow = CreateWindowEx(0, "myWindowClass",...... );

so, basically, what you wrote first was correct, only don't
forget to register the class ( or you can use a predefined-class).
/btq