MFC + DirectX

fiannly, someone else who's using mfc =) Using direct draw is really easy. I use the ddutil files. Simply make a basic window.

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CDDrawWindow, CFrameWnd)
ON_WM_PAINT()
ON_WM_TIMER()
ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

CDDrawWindow()
{
Create(0,"");
}

void CDDrawWindow::OnPaint()
{
//Rendering code here
KillTimer(11);
SetTimer(11,20,NULL); //the 20 is the ms delay between updates
};

void CDDrawWindow::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{
Invalidate(FALSE);
}

void CDDrawWindow::OnEraseBkgnd()
{
return;
};

BOOL CApp::InitInstance()
{
MainWnd = new CDDrawWindow;
MainWnd->ShowWindow(SW_MAXIMIZE);
MainWnd->UpdateWindow();
MainWnd->Display.CreateFullScreenDisplay(MainWnd->GetSafeHwnd(),640,480,16);
m_pMainWnd = MainWnd;
};

That should set up a basic direct draw window.

PaladinGLT

Edited by - PaladinGLT on November 23, 2001 5:00:44 PM

The DirectX 8.1 SDK adds all kinds of AppWizzards and the like that seem to give you full access to DirectX using MFC. The docs seem to be expanded pretty well in this area as well. Haven''t had a chance to play with it much myself since I can''t get the blasted SDK to my home system.

There's an example called mfcfog in the multimedia directory that uses DirectX and MFC, there's a couple of other ones as well.

If you want simulated time rendering with MFC, you need to make a thread - otherwise the rendering will stall when they click on a menu item or move the window around.

Edited by - Magmai Kai Holmlor on November 23, 2001 11:26:28 PM