Is it possible to create a window on this compiler in c++? If so how do i do it?

Question

I've seen tutorials of people doing it on Visual Studio and other programs like that but can't figure out how to do it on here.

Answer 1

Include this at the beginning of your code (#include<windows.h>

#include <windows.h>

// FUNCTION PROTOTYPES =========================================================
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

// entry point for a Windows application =======================================
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int nWinMode)
{
   // define the window class name
   static const TCHAR szAppName[] = TEXT("WIN_API");

   // create an instance of the window class structure
   WNDCLASSEX wc;

   wc.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
   wc.style         = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
   wc.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
   wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
   wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
   wc.hInstance     = hInstance;
   wc.hIcon         = (HICON)   LoadImage(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION, IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR);
   wc.hIconSm       = (HICON)   LoadImage(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION, IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR);
   wc.hCursor       = (HCURSOR) LoadImage(NULL, IDC_ARROW, IMAGE_CURSOR, 0, 0, LR_SHARED);
   wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)  (COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
   wc.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
   wc.lpszClassName = szAppName;

   if (0 == RegisterClassEx(&wc))
   {
      MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("Can't Register the Window Class!"), szAppName, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
      return E_FAIL;
   }

   // define the application title
   static const TCHAR szAppTitle[] = TEXT("Win32 API Skeletal Application");

   // create the window
   HWND hwnd = CreateWindow(szAppName, szAppTitle,
                            WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
                            CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                            CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                            NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

   // check if the window was created, exit if fail
   if (NULL == hwnd)
   {
      MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("Unable to Create the Main Window!"), szAppName, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
      return E_FAIL;
   }

   // show and update the window
   ShowWindow(hwnd, nWinMode);
   UpdateWindow(hwnd);

   static BOOL bRet;
   static MSG  msg;

   // enter the main message loop
   while ((bRet = GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) != 0) // 0 = WM_QUIT
   {
      // check for error
      if (-1 == bRet)
      {
         // handle the error and possibly exit

         // for this app simply report error and exit
         MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("Unable to Continue!"), szAppName, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
         return E_FAIL;
      }
      else
      {
         TranslateMessage(&msg);
         DispatchMessage(&msg);
      }
   }

   // the app is done, exit normally, return control to Windows
   return (int) msg.wParam;
}

// processes the messages that Windows sends to the application ================
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
   // choose which Windows messages you want to use
   switch(message)
   {
   case WM_PAINT:
      HDC         hdc;
      PAINTSTRUCT ps;
      hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps);

      // draw some text centered in the client area
      RECT rect;
      GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect);
      DrawText(hdc, TEXT("Welcome to DonzyApp!"), -1, &rect, DT_SINGLELINE | DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER);

      EndPaint(hwnd, &ps);
      return S_OK;

   case WM_DESTROY:
      // exit the application
      PostQuitMessage(0);
      return S_OK;
   }

   // let Windows process any unhandled messages
   return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);

code this code into your c++ IDE and compile then run it;

This is just to display a window not the c++ console, from there you can add any other feature you want.

I hope it worked, I am a first year IT student of Bluecrest college in Ghana

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