Re: Windowed graphics in Windows

["Ben Humphrey" <benjina@mindspring.com>]

Lionel, if you go to my site www.GameTutorials.com you can find some basic
tutorials on windows.

To change the resolution do this:

void ChangeToFullScreen()
{
     DEVMODE dmSettings;         // Device Mode

     memset(&dmSettings,0,sizeof(dmSettings));   // Makes Sure Memory's
Cleared
     dmSettings.dmSize=sizeof(dmSettings);    // Size Of The Devmode
Structure
     dmSettings.dmPelsWidth = SCREEN_WIDTH;    // Selected Screen Width
     dmSettings.dmPelsHeight = SCREEN_HEIGHT;   // Selected Screen Height
     dmSettings.dmBitsPerPel = SCREEN_DEPTH;    // Selected Bits Per Pixel
     dmSettings.dmFields=DM_BITSPERPEL|DM_PELSWIDTH|DM_PELSHEIGHT;

     ChangeDisplaySettings(&dmSettings,CDS_FULLSCREEN); // CDS_FULLSCREEN
Gets Rid Of Start Bar.
}

This is for Win32 Programming.

BUT after you close your program, be sure to set the stuff back by doing
this:

ChangeDisplaySettings(NULL,0);    // This reset the screen to it's original
settings

If you don't do this, they will have to restart or go to their propertys to
change the screen.
I have unsubscribed to this list for a time being, i am teaching a C++ class
at the college
so I can't afford ALL these emails coming in.  Write me if you need more
help.


Good Luck!

Ben Humphrey
Game Programmer
WebHost of www.GameTutorials.com
benh@humongous.com
benjina@mindspring.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Lionel Pinkhard <lionelp@worldonline.co.za>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 1980 12:25 PM
Subject: Windowed graphics in Windows


> Hey,
>
> I've recently started programming Windows, after a few years of Dos and
> Linux programming. At the moment, I can only code the console, and I would
> like to start working with windows. Firstly, I would like to know -- How
> do I create a window of a certain resolution? And how do I put simple
> pixels into this window? My first attempt at programming Windows, is to
> port a simple Dos game to Windows, without DirectX or any other special
> tools (I still need to download DirectX anyway :-) ). I think my questions
> are pretty clear, so I hope somebody can help me!
>
> Caio,
>
> Lionel
>
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