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Why wont this work?
#include
#include
#include
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
LPDIRECTDRAW lpdd;
HWND hwnd;
MSG msg;
void start(void);
void game(void);
void close(void);
LRESULT CALLBACK MsgHandler(HWND hwnd, UINT msg,
WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
{
switch(msg)
{
case WM_DESTROY:
{
PostQuitMessage(0);
return(0);
} break;
default:break;
}
return(DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam));
}
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hinstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX myclass;
myclass.cbClsExtra = 0;
myclass.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
myclass.cbWndExtra = 0;
myclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
myclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
myclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);
myclass.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);
myclass.hInstance = hinstance;
myclass.lpfnWndProc = MsgHandler;
myclass.lpszClassName = "My Class";
myclass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
myclass.style = CS_OWNDC | CS_DBLCLKS | CS_VREDRAW | CS_HREDRAW;
RegisterClassEx(&myclass);
CreateWindowEx(
NULL,
"My Class",
"Hi Ben",
WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE,
0,0, 300, 200,
NULL,
NULL,
hinstance,
NULL);
start();
while(1)
{
if(PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
{
if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) break;
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
game();
}
close();
return (0);
}
void start(void)
{
if(DirectDrawCreate(NULL,&lpdd,NULL) != DD_OK)
{
MessageBox(hwnd, "Failed to create DirectDraw object", "Error", MB_OK);
}
if((lpdd->SetCooperativeLevel(hwnd, DDSCL_NORMAL)) != DD_OK)
{
MessageBox(hwnd, "Could not set cooperation level", "Error", MB_OK);
}
if(lpdd->SetDisplayMode(600, 480, 16) != DD_OK)
{
MessageBox(hwnd, "Could not set display mode", "Error", MB_OK);
}
}
void game(void)
{
}
void close(void)
{
lpdd->Release();
}
