Thread: need some zone prog help

Hi, im trying to make a trivia game for use in zone spades gaming lobbies, have been asked by a host to make one and am looking for some help. I have the following code a cpp , h, and rc files, but when i compile and run the cpp file all i get is a dos box flicker on the screen and off again, shouldnt i see a dialog box appear as the rc file seem to have dialog box code in it?

Im using devc++, all i do is open the cpp file compile it and run it, do i need to link the rc file to this.

The code is shown below.

would really appreciate any help!


cpp

Code:

#include <windows.h>	// Include windows API
#include "resource.h"	// For the resource declarations.
HWND ZoneLobbyWindow, AtlAxWin, WindowManager, ChatControl, RichEditA, ZRolloverButton;



/*****************************************************************************
   If you are like me, you do not want to make a bunch of declares for your
   functions.  So, if you add your functions right here, you can call them
   from your dialog without needing them declared.This is open source and
   I allow you to use my code as you wish. All I ask is that you learn 
   something from this tutorial.
 *****************************************************************************/


void SendLobby(char *buff) //  send to lobby, 
{
	ZoneLobbyWindow = FindWindow("ZoneLobbyWindow", NULL);					// Get Zone Lobby Window
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(ZoneLobbyWindow, 0, "AtlAxWin", NULL);			// Find AtlAxWin in Zone Lobby Window
	WindowManager = FindWindowEx(AtlAxWin, 0, "WindowManager", NULL);		// FInd WindowManager in AtlAxWin
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(WindowManager, 0, "AtlAxWin", NULL);			// Find AtlAxWin in WindowManager
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(WindowManager, AtlAxWin, "AtlAxWin", NULL);		// Find AtlAxWin again to get next one
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(WindowManager, AtlAxWin, "AtlAxWin", NULL);		// Find AtlAxWin again to get next one
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(WindowManager, AtlAxWin, "AtlAxWin", NULL);		// Find AtlAxWin again to get next one
	AtlAxWin = FindWindowEx(WindowManager, AtlAxWin, "AtlAxWin", NULL);		// Find AtlAxWin again to get next one
	/* Now that we have the right AtlAxWin we can get the next windows */
	ChatControl = FindWindowEx(AtlAxWin, 0, "ChatControl", NULL);			// Get ChatControl from AtlAxWin
	RichEditA = FindWindowEx(ChatControl, 0, "RichEdit20A", NULL);			// Get Rich Edit in Chat control	
	RichEditA = FindWindowEx(ChatControl, RichEditA, "RichEdit20A", NULL);	// Get the other one
	SendMessage(RichEditA, WM_SETTEXT, sizeof(buff), (LPARAM)buff);			// Send Text to Rich Edit
	ZRolloverButton = FindWindowEx(ChatControl, 0, "ZRolloverButton", NULL); // Move the Send Button on the Stack
	SendMessage(ZRolloverButton, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_SPACE, 0);					// Push the button
	SendMessage(ZRolloverButton, WM_KEYUP, VK_SPACE, 0);					// Release the button
}

/* Okay, there are many ways that you can send to lobby, some of the ways that I know are:
   winsock - Can get you in-trouble if you don't know what you're doing
   ZoneClient - Best method
   Api - The way this tutorial does it. */


/* This is the process for the main dialog of the program. */
BOOL CALLBACK MainProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (message)										// This is like the case select in BASIC
	{	
		case WM_INITDIALOG:									// Initialization of the window
			{												// Not needed, but good for clean code.
															// Load code here, such as, SetWindowText.
			}												// Not needed, but good for clean code.
			return TRUE;

		case WM_COMMAND:									// Window Manager Command
			switch (LOWORD(wParam))							// Get dialog messages.
			{
				case IDC_BUTTON1:							// What to do when Button1 is pressed.
					{										// Once again, not needed, but looks good.
						for (int x = 1; x <= 2; x++) {			// Easy controlled loop method.  Timers are better though.
						  SendLobby("TEXT HERE");	// Note that you can add GetDlgItemText
						}									// Ofcourse returns to {
					}										// Not needed, but good for clean code.
					return TRUE;
			}
		return TRUE;										// Remember, you're in the window manager, return good

		case WM_DESTROY:
			PostQuitMessage(0);								// This is your simple exit command, Closes process.
			return TRUE;			

		case WM_CLOSE:	
			PostQuitMessage(0);								// This will close the process when close button is pressed.
			return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
}

/* Basic win32 initialization */
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, char * cmdParam, int cmdShow)
{
	DialogBox (hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DIALOG1), NULL, (DLGPROC)MainProc); // Set the dialog to a proc
	return 0x1337; // return as new system call

rc

Code:

#include "resource.h"

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "afxres.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// English (U.S.) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
#ifdef _WIN32
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
#pragma code_page(1252)
#endif //_WIN32

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Dialog
//

IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 186, 34
STYLE DS_SYSMODAL | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | 
    WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Dialog"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    PUSHBUTTON      "Flood Lobby",IDC_BUTTON1,7,7,172,20,0,
                    WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME
END


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// DESIGNINFO
//

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
GUIDELINES DESIGNINFO DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    IDD_DIALOG1, DIALOG
    BEGIN
        LEFTMARGIN, 7
        RIGHTMARGIN, 179
        TOPMARGIN, 7
        BOTTOMMARGIN, 27
    END
END
#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "resource.h\0"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "#include ""afxres.h""\r\n"
    "\0"
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "\r\n"
    "\0"
END

#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED

#endif    // English (U.S.) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
//


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED

header

Code:

//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio generated include file.
// Used by rsrc1.rc
//
#define IDD_DIALOG1                     101
#define IDC_BUTTON1                     1000

// Next default values for new objects
// 
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        102
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40001
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1002
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif