I''m trying to start off coding really efficiently, and have been having some trouble getting a working wrapper for setting up the window for a DirectX game (using VC++ 6.0). What I''m aiming for is a simple cpp/h file that I can use in every project that''ll setup WNDCLASSEX and create a window using that class for either windowed mode DirectX or Fullscreen. Are there any tutorials or sites you guys/gals know of that may help in this development? (I searched around GameDev, but all I found were DirectX wrappers). ''''You shall be as Gods!'''' Xenogears ''''You handle the salads until you get killed!'''' Space Ghost C2C

Do you need tutorials on how to perform the actual DirectX and Window''s function, or just the structure of the code?
If it''s just the structure you want, I''d start easy like this:
We''d have 2 .cpp''s and 1 .h:

main.cpp

engine.cpp

engine.h
Engine.cpp: This .cpp file will hold the functions actual functions for your engine that main.cpp will call. i.e.- CreateDirectX(HWND, blah... )... etc. Think of these functions as a library that main.cpp and go call when it needs them. Make sure that you include the header file (#include "engine.h")
Engine.h: This header file will hold what are called prototypes, if you know what these are then bear with me, but prototypes are like functions but minus the body. Example:

// this is a normal function:void Function(int number){    print(number);}// here is the above function''s prototypevoid Function(int number); // the semicolon is crucial 

As you can see, the prototype basically defines what the function will look like. Now in the header file, you will make a list of all your prototypes in engine.cpp that you want main.cpp to call.
Main.cpp: This is where winmain will be located. Be sure it includes engine.h as well. Engine.h is the "medium" through which the two .cpp files will communicate. Now, main.cpp can call functions from engine.cpp that are prototyped in engine.h at will!
I hope this makes sense, and if it doesn''t then oh well,
Good luck,
-Jesse

Thanks for your reply. I was actually having trouble with trying to call a user function called SetUpWindow() that would be in my wrapper, and I'd just send a bool variable that would tell the function to set up, register, and create a WNDCLASSEX structure... Like set the dwStyle flags for CreateWindowEx() as WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW|WS_VISIBLE for a windowed DirectX game or WS_POPUP|WS_VISIBLE for a fullscreen one... I think I'm almost there, but I have some trouble getting the function pointer to WndProc() to carry over to QuickWindow.cpp, my wrapper... I'm I going about this the right way? I'm hoping the end result is a file I can include in every program I make, so I don't have to keep writing the window stuff everytime.

(Edited for my atrocious spelling and grammar)

'You shall be as Gods!' Xenogears
'You handle the salads until you get killed!' Space Ghost C2C

Edited by - DeltaI on February 22, 2002 10:22:46 AM

Edited by - DeltaI on February 22, 2002 10:24:14 AM

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Thanks to Kylotan for the idea!

quote: Original post by DeltaI
I searched around GameDev, but all I found were DirectX wrappers

Already did that, and only found DirectX wrappers... But I''ll try again.



''''You shall be as Gods!'''' Xenogears
''''You handle the salads until you get killed!'''' Space Ghost C2C