Re: Windowed graphics in Windows

[Lionel Pinkhard <lionelp@worldonline.co.za>]

Hi,

Thanks for helping me out again! Sorry, I had your tutorials on my
computer, but it looks like the ones I had were very old, so I downloaded
the newer ones again. But I'm still having a little trouble with the
graphics. I've managed to open a window, set the size to 320x200, without
a maximize button. Now, I still have two things I need to know: 1. How can
I make the window of a fixed size (so that the user can't make it
bigger/smaller than 320x200)? 2. How do I actually get a pixel in this
window? I looked at your tutorial on painting, but I don't need a shape or
anything, just a simple pixel, how would I do that?

Thanks for the help!!!

Caio,

Lionel

On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Ben Humphrey wrote:

> 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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