drawing to windows with the mouse

phil67rpg · 2012-11-19T22:00:01

I am attempting to draw to a window using DrawText and WM_PAINT. I want to use the mouse and the WM_LBUTTONDOWN message. I understand that to actually draw to the screen one must use the WM_PAINT message. I am using the Win21 API. I am using this API because I want to learn how to program in windows better.

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Started by phil67rpg November 19, 2012 01:03 AM

13 comments, last by phil67rpg 11 years, 5 months ago

phil67rpg

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November 19, 2012 04:41 AM

I finally tried WM_LBUTTONDOWN and it worked.

BeerNutts

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November 19, 2012 05:48 AM

You could also stop banging your head on the wall and leave the Win32 API behind for input and drawing and move to a modern system like SFML or even SDL for input/windowing.

But, we're been down this road, and you're going to continue to use that crappy API that is Win32.

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phil67rpg

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November 19, 2012 09:47 PM

I wanted to learn windows because it leads to dx9

FLeBlanc

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November 19, 2012 09:53 PM

If you want to learn DX9, learn DX9. Don't get side-tracked with that seething pit of ugliness that is Win32 API. Most rational people these days use an abstraction layer so they don't have to deal with it that much.