I am writing an OOP version of the first NeHe tutorial so I can call CApp::WinMain(...) in my WinMain statement and then just write InitGL and DrawGLScene. However I am having some problems with WndProc as when I am including it in my window class, it is type "long(__stdcall CApp::*)" instead of the usual "long(__stdcall*)". How can I change my code to make this work. Here is the offending line of code and the error message:

quote: wc.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WndProc;

quote: C2440: ''type cast'' : cannot convert from '''' to ''long (__stdcall *)(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)'' [\quote] and if I take out the (WNDPROC) bit the error is:

C2440: ''='' : cannot convert from ''long (__stdcall CTLGLApp::*)(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)'' to ''long (__stdcall *)(struct HWN

The error message ends at "HWN" so the line obviously ran out. Any help would be cool >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ilthigore <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The problem is that it''s a member function. There is a way round it, though.

Although it''s hidden for us, C++ member functions have an extra parameter - the first parameter is the ''this'' pointer. So, when you create a member function which takes (HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam), it actually takes (CTLGLApp *this, HWND hWnd...) and so on. That''s not what windows is asking you for in the WNDCLASS structure.

The way to get around it is to use a static member function (add the ''static'' keyword in front of the line in the class declaration).

The problem with *that* is that you lose all access to the specific window object itself. There''s ways of getting round that too, and they use GetWindowLong and SetWindowLong. I''ll leave the rest to you.

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Go to baskuenen.cfxweb.net and download the "ooengine".
It too uses GetWindowLong for its window class. (Or engine class, I forgot).

Thanks for the note on declaring it static but how can I access the non-static members of my class with a static function. I now get about 10 errors saying this and it is probably because I lack a pointer to the class. Is another static data member containing a pointer to each instance of the class (using an array) and another static member with a counter of each of the classes an answer? If there is a neater way (that is a little cumbersome) can someone tell me.

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Found out how to use GetWindowLong() thanks to the second reply. I didn''t actually notice it until I saw that I had 3 replies. Thank you to all those who replied and helped.

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Sorry to bring this post up again but I have run into more difficulties. I am now having access violations. It compiles OK but doesn''t work. Click HERE to download the source zip for my lib project. Any MORE help would be great again.

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