This is the code from the tutorials: // Create The Window if (!(hWnd=CreateWindowEx(dwExStyle, "joey", //ClassName title, //WindowTitle dStyle | // Defined Window Style WS_CLIPSIBLINGS |// Required Window Style WS_CLIPCHILDREN, // Required Window Style 0, 0, // Window Position WindowRect.right-WindowRect.left, // Calculate Window Width WindowRect.bottom-WindowRect.top, // Calculate Window Height NULL, // No Parent Window NULL, // No Menu hInstance, // Instance NULL))) // Dont Pass Anything To WM_CREATE { KillGLWindow(); // Reset The Display MessageBox(NULL,"Window Creation Error.","ERROR",MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION); return FALSE; // Return FALSE } if i want to include a menu in this window, How do i change the code? what if there is a parent window available? How do i change the code? Thanks for reading through the code.... Any help is appreciated!!!

Try this:

  // Create The Windowif (!(hWnd=CreateWindowEx(dwExStyle, "joey", //ClassNametitle, //WindowTitledStyle | // Defined Window StyleWS_CLIPSIBLINGS |// Required Window StyleWS_CLIPCHILDREN, // Required Window Style 0, 0, // Window PositionWindowRect.right-WindowRect.left,// Calculate Window WidthWindowRect.bottom-WindowRect.top, // Calculate Window HeightNULL, // No Parent WindowIDM_MENU1, //A MenuhInstance, // InstanceNULL)))// Dont Pass Anything To WM_CREATE{KillGLWindow(); // Reset The DisplayMessageBox(NULL,"Window Creation Error.","ERROR",MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);return FALSE; // Return FALSE}  

You will have to create a menu called IDM_MENU1 for this to work. I use VC++6, and it seems to work fine on that.

Hope this helps.

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I finally got it all together...
...and then forgot where I put it.

Sorry, stupid of me...here''s the adjusted code:

  if (!(hWnd=CreateWindowEx(dwExStyle, "joey", //ClassNametitle, //WindowTitledStyle | // Defined Window StyleWS_CLIPSIBLINGS |// Required Window StyleWS_CLIPCHILDREN, // Required Window Style 0, 0, // Window PositionWindowRect.right-WindowRect.left,// Calculate Window WidthWindowRect.bottom-WindowRect.top, // Calculate Window HeightNULL, // No Parent WindowLoadMenu(hInstance,(LPCTSTR)IDM_MENU1), // No MenuhInstance, // InstanceNULL)))// Dont Pass Anything To WM_CREATE{KillGLWindow(); // Reset The DisplayMessageBox(NULL,"Window Creation Error.","ERROR",MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);return FALSE; // Return FALSE}  

lol...should work...

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I finally got it all together...
...and then forgot where I put it.

I think the first code was right... The parameter for menus is an LPCTSTR value, not an HMENU. If you wanna specify an HMENU you specify it in your CreateWindow() call.