that's cool. I just saw "never" and got worried. Every time I see a criticism of a method that I have used for years I wonder if there is a better way. Thanks for clearing it up though chief.
that's cool. I just saw "never" and got worried. Every time I see a criticism of a method that I have used for years I wonder if there is a better way. Thanks for clearing it up though chief.
"You are stupid! You are stupid! Oh, and don't forget, you are STUPID!" - Dexter
Oh, ok. No problem.
It's hard to answer questions like the above because it really gets into deeper issues that shouldn't concern a beginner. I really believe that rectangle program should have been left out of the book. I understand why it is there - there's a ton of us old DOS graphics people wondering how we can do this stuff in Windows (which is so EASY in DOS), and he shows us a quick way.
The proper answer (I think) is that you CAN'T do the DOS stuff in Windows without complicating things. All answers (GDI or DirectX) lie on top of Windows, so you gotta learn Windows by itself first.
Yeah, yeah guys, as JasonD said I'm still on chapter 5 and all this discussion about PeekMesssage is pretty much confusing. I don't know will I ever be able to think about things you're talking now.
I'm very satisfied to JasonD's answer and hope I'll be getting help from him and from you in future. Thank you all.
