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How to create – add C++ Windows Form Application in Visual Studio 2012

To know how to add / create a C++ Windows Form Application in Visual Studio 2012, check out the following page: http://tomtheprogrammer.wordpress.com/2013/05/2...

[1 reply] : Well, First of all I have no clue why you choose to tell us this becau... (by closed account G309216C)

by Anmol444

wParam

Why do you return wParam in a windows program? What does it specify?

[4 replies] Last: Again, Google is out there man. As Andy pointed out, keep a note of ... (by closed account G309216C)

by Elidor

Issue Compiling Jason L. McKesson's OpenGl Tutorial

Hello, I'm having a problem building the Unofficial OpenGL SDK. I have done the following as the tutorial commands: Type premake4 plat <--- Where plat is the p...

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by Anmol444

Ref classes and Structs

Small question about Ref classes. This page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh699870.aspx Says "It may contain as members C++/CX const...

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by CalvinCreator

Making game end

I followed the 3DBuzz tutorials to make a game, and want to make it to that if the character is dead or all the enemies are dead the game ends. So if isAlive...

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by Xhalite

WinAPI tutorials?

Where are some good tutorials for a novice on programming using the winAPI? I already know a lot about C++ console I/O, I wanna make modern applications now. So...

[5 replies] Last: You can always ask on this forum. Lots of smart people who can answer ... (by Anmol444)

by Cer

Problem with CString

i have a siily problem with CString ( MFC project in VC++6) . I don't understand why!!! There is a line " CString line = _T("abc") " in my project, I think th...

[3 replies] Last: To debug Unicode string you need to have the box checked (you said it ... (by andywestken)

by victorwine

Remote Instrument Communication by c++ problem

I had connected PC and CSA8200 by Agilent GPIB/USB interface, and using Agilent Connection Expert, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010. I tried to remote CSA8200 by using...

[2 replies] Last: I had already uninstall and reinstall. it doesn't work. i think it mig... (by victorwine)

by Xhalite

Allegro Game Library not Running Correctly

So I'm using the Allegro game engine because it's easier for beginners than SDL and I cannot get it to run this basic text to screen thingy. Here's my code, I g...

[2 replies] Last: Ah, I didn't know. I just thought I was programming in windows so... x... (by Xhalite)

by Anmol444

Getmessage() function

From my book: "The second argument in the call to GetMessage() is the handle of the window for which you want to get messages. This parameter can be used to re...

[8 replies] Last: btw the 6th edition is for metro apps, the 5th edition is for winapi ... (by andywestken)

by Anmol444

Windows Multimasking

From my book: " Multitasking If there are no messages queued, the GetMessage() function does not return control to your program. Windows allows execution...

[3 replies] Last: Alright thanks (by Anmol444)

by Anmol444

Message IDs

About these message IDs WM_CLOSE The window or application should close. WM_DESTROY The window is being destroyed. WM_QUIT ...

[6 replies] Last: @Zaita Where? @andywestken Thats odd lol, I tried googling it seve... (by Anmol444)

by Anmol444

MFC vs winAPI

Is there anything you can do in the winAPI that you cannot do in MFC?

[1 reply] : There are things than can be done with Win32 which cannot be done usin... (by andywestken)

by arib510

Quiz Type Application Not Working

I like making programs that are quizzes, so I've been learning the code for that type of thing (using booleans and loops so the user can repeat it until they ge...

[11 replies] Last: Woops, sorry thanks lol (by Anmol444)

by Anmol444

winAPI questions

From my book: --------------------------------------------------------- RegisterClassEx(&WindowClass); Easy, isn’t it? The address of the struct is passed ...

[7 replies] Last: Also by window I meant the borders and stuff, not the client area caus... (by Anmol444)

by Anmol444

WNDCLASSEX

In this structure why does it need the size of itself? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633577(v=vs.85).aspx What purpose does th...

[12 replies] Last: Should I make a new thread for my other 2 questions that I posted befo... (by Anmol444)

by Anmol444

What does "Windows" mean?

From my book: "I’ll mention a caveat about terminology that you need to be conscious of before I move on. Users tend to think of a window as the thing that...

[10 replies] Last: Yea same, I was confused as well because of that. Well thanks! (by Anmol444)

by aquafatz

Unable to draw on button click

I've been learning win32, so been playing around with the code to understand things. Using this tutorial : http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/windows/7033/ I've b...

[2 replies] Last: Thank you modoran. I found and rectified my mistake. And I did not re... (by aquafatz)

by Anmol444

Why does windows have its own data types?

From my book: "Windows Data Types Windows defines a significant number of data types that are used to specify function parameter types and return types in...

[4 replies] Last: Can anyone please help! (by Anmol444)

by lmsmi1

Multiclient-Capable Server

For a simple console chat in C++ with Winsock 2, how do I enable multiple connections on one server. I think I'd make a SOCKET array ( SOCKET* Conections; ), ...

[2 replies] Last: Hi, Learn Multi-Threading in Windows API. That's the only comment I w... (by closed account G309216C)

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