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GAM666 test review stuff

• Windows Programming
  • Windows Functions (WinMain, EnableWindow, AdjustWindowRectEx, SendDlgItemMessage, GetDlgItem, RegisterClass, DialogBox (macro), DestroyWindow, CreateWindow, ShowWindow, UpdateWindow, PeekMessage, TranslateMessage, PostMessage, DispatchMessage, Setcursor, PostQuitMessage, DefWindowProc, WaitMessage, MessageBox)
  • Window Proceduresor Scroll UP on this page
• COM Technology
• Direct3D
  • Direct3D COM Object
  • Direct3D Display Device COM Object
  • Direct3D Texture COM Object
• Game Programming Aspects
  • Singletons and Interfaces
  • Event Iteration, Messages, and Timing
  • Re-Configuration, Loss and Restoration of Focus
  • Design, Coordination, Graphic Representation
  • Colour and Backbuffering
  • Action-Key Mapping

Sample test question:

 d3d->CreateDevice( ) //returns &d3dd
 sprite->D3DCreateSprite() //returns &sprite
   //com Direct3D object
d3dd -> Clear ()
 // { single frame
 d3dd -> BeginScene()
 //[ drawing graphic
  sprite->Begin()
  sprite->Drew
  sprite->End
// ]
d3dd ->EndScene()
 //}
d3dd -> Present()

Windows Programming

• entry point: instead of a main function, WinMain() is used
• int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hinst, HINST hprev, LPSTR cp, int show)
  • hinst - handle to the window, a pointer that indirectly points to an instance to disallow direct changes
  • hprev - handle to the previous instance of the application (usually nullptr)
  • cp - C-style null-terminated string from the command line,
  • show - integer that identifies how to initially display the window
• windows procedure: processes the message queue created from the OS
• BOOL CALLBACK identifierName(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
  • hwnd - handle to the window for which the incoming message was targeted
  • msg - integer that identifies the message itself
  • wp - optionally holds a value associated with message, usually an integer
  • lp - holds a value associated with message, usually an address
• DialogBox(): a Windows function-like macro that creates a modal dialog box from a template resource
• DialogBox((HINSTANCE)hinst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DLG), nullptr, procedureToReceieveMessages)
  • modal - execution pauses until user completes some action
  • does not return control until EndDialog() has destroyed the dialog box
• types of messages to process within switch(msg): WM_INITDIALOG, WM_COMMAND, IDCANCEL
  • WM_INITDIALOG - initialize immediately before displaying dialog box
  • WM_COMMAND - response to any activity within dialog box, check the LOWORD of wp: switch (LOWORD(wp))
    • IDOK - continue button
    • IDCANCEL - cancel button
• Resource Description: dialog box uses a resource, defined in a resource definition script
  • resources are defined with ID numbers, dialog controls are usually prefixed with IDC_ and starts at 100/101
• ensure you use the L prefix for Unicode (2 bytes per character): L"Text"

Key Windows Functions

• MessageBox(HWND hwnd, LPCTSTR lpText, LPCTSTR lpCation, UINT uType): pops up a modal dialog box
• SendDlgItemMessage (HWND hwnd, int nIDDlgItem, UINT Msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp): sends message msg to control nIDDlgItem in dialog box hwnd
  • For comboboxes: wp holds the index of the line item in nIDDlgItem's list
  • lp holds the address of the string associated with that line item
  • combo box CB_ definitions:
    • CB_RESETCONTENT - send a message to the combo box to remove all items from its list
    • CB_ADDSTRING - add a line item to its list
    • CB_SETCURSEL - select the line item from the list associated with the index specified in wp
    • CB_GETCURSEL - get index of selected item
    • CB_GETLBTEXT - get description of selected resolution, wp specifies the index, lp specifies the string to be filled
    • CBN_SETFOCUS - checks whether the combo box has keyboard focus, from the wp ex. HIWORD(wp) == CBN_SETFOCUS
    • CBN_SELCHANGE - checks whether the user has clicked in the combo box list or changed the selection w/arrow keys
    • CB_ERR - this is returned after any sent dialog message to a combo box
  • GetDlgItem (HWND hwnd, int nID): retrieves a handle to control nID in dialog box hwnd
  • EnableWindow (HWND hwnd, BOOL enable): enables/disables the control at handle hwnd
    • use in combination w/GetDlgItem, ex. EnableWindow(GetDlgItem(hwnd, IDC_GO), TRUE)

Key Resource Definitions

• LTEXT - creates text control
• PUSHBUTTON - creates a push button control
• COMBOBOX
• DEFPUSHBUTTON - default push button

Defines/Typedefs

These are the key definitions:

• #define WINAPI __stdcall //__stdcall informs the compiler that the function, not the caller, will clean the stack after execution
• #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN //remove unnecessary API components for game programming
• typedef HANDLE HINSTANCE;
• typedef PVOID HANDLE;
• typedef void* PVOID;
• typedef CHAR* LPSTR;
• typedef char CHAR;
• typedef int BOOL;
• #define CALLBACK __stdcall
• typedef HANDLE HWND;
• typedef unsigned int UINT;
• typedef UINT_PTR WPARAM; //word parameter
• typedef unsigned int UINT_PTR;
• typedef LONG_PTR LPARAM; //long parameter
• typedef long LONG_PTR;