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case WM_KEYDOWN:

switch(wParam)

case VK_LEFT:
{
X -= 5;
InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, TRUE);
return 0;

Thanks :)

The left and right arrow key is now working as it should, although when i press a key such as 'S' or any other key which I have not defined code for makes my icon move right.

Ok then... Where are you telling me to put "return 0;"???

I have added the
break;.

Before I added that it did actually compile :P

Also, i still have the same problem.

Start again :) As I am confused, could you correct my mistakes in my original code below and re-post it please :)



LRESULT CALLBACK MessageProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam,...

Returned 0.

Oh ok.

I have done what you said, but that results in my window not showing when i run the application. It doesnt show any errors either.

I think i might be confused lol...

I havnt got "return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);" in the case of the WM_KEYDOWN message, i have "DefWindwProc" right at the very end on the...

I call it to provide default processing for any window messages that my application does not process.

Hi, here is my windows procedure:

LRESULT CALLBACK MessageProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)

{

static int X = 250;
static int Y = 250;
HINSTANCE...

? :)

Ok, so...

//here we're making a structure which holds information about how we are gonna paint in the client area...

PAINTSTRUCT PaintSt;

//here we are calling the beginpaint function and...

Hi, I know that:

//here im creating a handle to an icon...

HICON hIcon;

//here im loading the icon into to the icon variable...

hIcon = LoadIcon(hInstance,...

Ohhh I get you :)

They are actually the definitions, but when we use the word 'definition' we are talking about a definition in source code, when we refer to the definition in the dll file it is...

Ok. i appreciate your replies very much so :) So, from this forum ive learned that:

The windows.h file contains the declarations and the dll files contain the definitions (already compiled in...

Yeah, I understand that a dll file is not source code, but actually source code already compiled into a language which the computer understands. And i think...

declaration = predefining a...

thanks

Ok :) so to summarise and closeee this thread:

The windows.h file contains the declarations and the dll files contain the definitions of the functions within the windows API.

They seperate the...

Carrying on from this, couldnt they have both the declarations and the definitions in the dll files?

Ok, im guessing mine does, I use MS Visual Studio.

Ok, so the dll files form the windows api, and the windows.h file is a part of the windows sdk.

Is the windows sdk automatically provided for us by the IDE when we choose to create a windows...

Already seen that :)

Thanks for the reply :)

Ive also been trying to find out what actually is the Windows API, is it the windows.h file or the dll files, or a compilation of both which form it?

Hi, recently ive been trying to find out the differences between the windows api (the dll files) and the windows.h header file, i found that the windows.h file contains the declarations and the dll...

Seeing as we dont modify the attributes of the PAINTSTRUCT variable, the must be default values. By default does this make the device context area the size of the whole client area?

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