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cod3b453

Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 618

cod3b453 27 Jan 2007, 22:32

As the title suggests, I'm trying to write an MDI application with a toolbar, but I have no idea how to go about it using the API. I think mostly it's not knowing which flags to use and which method to create windows. For MDI children it's SendMessage WM_MDICREATE vs CreatewindowEx and for ReBar I can't even get it to create a subwindow.

Anyone have a step by step list/example of what I have to do for either of these tasks?

Many thanks in advance!

27 Jan 2007, 22:32

madmatt

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Posts: 1045
Location: Michigan, USA

madmatt 31 Jan 2007, 06:20

Here's an example that was convert to fasm from masm. This might be what your looking for. But to recompile it you'll have to download my include files from my website: http://users.egl.net/talktomatt/default.html

Description:	MDI Example [NOW WORKS WITH STANDARD WIN32 API CALLS] [Update 2/2/07 - fixed one major and minor bugs] [Update 2/3/07 Previous fix wasn't good enough, so here's another.]	Download
Filename:	mdidemo.rar
Filesize:	7.38 KB
Downloaded:	432 Time(s)

Last edited by madmatt on 03 Feb 2007, 06:11; edited 3 times in total

31 Jan 2007, 06:20

cod3b453

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cod3b453 31 Jan 2007, 22:31

I can't believe I had to install DX9 for 1 API call Laughing

BUT... that example program looks great thank you very much!

Now I just gotta work out ReBar's...

Thanks again!

31 Jan 2007, 22:31

madmatt

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Location: Michigan, USA

madmatt 31 Jan 2007, 22:40

Woooops! Sorry about that, i've reposted it without the dx9 stuff, which is my personal library for graphics and stuff. It now uses just standard win32 calls.

31 Jan 2007, 22:40

rugxulo

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Posts: 2341
Location: Usono (aka, USA)

rugxulo 01 Feb 2007, 01:52

FYI for all you PC gamers, Atari: 80 Games comes w/ DirectX 9.0b on the CD-ROM (last I checked, and it's quite awesome, too!).

If you have a really slow connection (e.g., 56k), you might be better off just buying this (quite cheap nowadays!). Smile

01 Feb 2007, 01:52

asmfan

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Location: Russian

asmfan 01 Feb 2007, 16:23

madmatt there is one critical bug in your example - when you handle

Code:

.elseif [wParam] = 1804

It shoul be like this to not to hang when there's no childs
correct

Code:

.elseif [wParam] = 1804
                     mov     eax, 1
                     .while  eax <> 0
                             invoke  SendMessage, [hClient], WM_MDIGETACTIVE, 0, 0
                             .if     eax, ne, 0
                                     push    eax
                                     invoke  SendMessage, [hClient], WM_MDIDESTROY, eax, 0
                                     pop     eax
                             .endif
                     .endw

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01 Feb 2007, 16:23

madmatt

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madmatt 02 Feb 2007, 07:50

Yeh, thanks asmfan. Also corrected small problem with the menu text. New version posted above.

02 Feb 2007, 07:50

asmfan

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asmfan 02 Feb 2007, 16:00

yep, still bug Wink

Code:

 .elseif [wParam] = 1804
                     mov     eax, 0
                     .while  eax <> 0

you never enter the loop)

Code:

                     mov     eax, 1

is better)

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02 Feb 2007, 16:00

madmatt

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madmatt 03 Feb 2007, 06:09

asmfan: thanks, again Confused

Well hopefully, truly, fixed this time Very Happy

. I removed the loop and now deletes one window at a time.

03 Feb 2007, 06:09

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