Win32 API tutorial

[electrosheep]

So I just came across a site that is the most interesting site I've found since this one.

This site contains a DirectX10 tutorial (as well as many other awesome things like neural networking), and one of the first things in the DirectX tutorial is, "The entry point of most 3D tutorials is win32".
Then, he recommends reading through this Win32 tutorial.

I've been looking around for some good tutorials about these topics for a while, so I figured I'd post this for others who may be interested.

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[m0skit0]

"The entry point of most 3D tutorials is win32".

You mean for 3D for Windows...

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[electrosheep]

You mean for 3D for Windows...

It wasn't my statement, but I'm assuming that is what the author is talking about.

I ran into some trouble with some unicode *** on the second page of the tutorial, and in case anyone else has problems, here is my code that works

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#include <Windows.h>

const wchar_t g_szClassName[] = L"myWindowClass";

// Step 4: the Window Procedure
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam){
	switch (msg){
	case WM_CLOSE:
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		break;
	case WM_DESTROY:
		PostQuitMessage(0);
		break;
	default:
		return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
	}
	return 0;
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){
	WNDCLASSEX wc;
	HWND hwnd;
	MSG Msg;

	//Step 1: Registering the Window Class
	wc.cbSize			= sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
	wc.style			= 0;
	wc.lpfnWndProc		= WndProc;
	wc.cbClsExtra		= 0;
	wc.cbWndExtra		= 0;
	wc.hInstance		= hInstance;
	wc.hIcon			= LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
	wc.hCursor			= LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wc.hbrBackground	= (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
	wc.lpszMenuName		= NULL;
	wc.lpszClassName	= g_szClassName;
	wc.hIconSm			= LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

	if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc)){
		MessageBox(NULL, L"Window Registration Failed!", L"Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
		return 0;
	}

	// Step 2: Creating the Window
	hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, g_szClassName, L"The title of my window", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 240, 120, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

	if (hwnd == NULL){
		MessageBox(NULL, L"Window Creation Failed!", L"Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
		return 0;
	}

	ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
	UpdateWindow(hwnd);

	// Step 3: The Message Loop
	while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0){
		TranslateMessage(&Msg);
		DispatchMessage(&Msg);
	}
	return Msg.wParam;
}