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Creating a second window using SDL

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Started by Joshnathan January 09, 2005 08:11 AM

2 comments, last by Joshnathan 19 years, 4 months ago

Joshnathan

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January 09, 2005 08:11 AM

Hi all, my question is quite simple, how can I create a second window using SDL? I try'd


void ShowMenu()
{
     SDL_Surface *menu = SDL_SetVideoMode(200, 150, 32, SDL_HWSURFACE|SDL_DOUBLEBUF);
     SDL_Delay(1000);
}

but this erases the old one. any idea how I could create a 2nd? Thanks, Joshua P.S. if you know how, could you also tell me how to close it afterwards? :D

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SiCrane

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January 09, 2005 08:16 AM

Creating multiple windows isn't possible under the current version of SDL.

Roboguy

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January 09, 2005 08:17 AM

Last time I checked, SDL only supports one window(they're going to add multiple window support in one of the next versions, IIRC). Although, there are some GUIs that can have "windows" open inside the SDL window, such as ParaGUI