Child window problems

I have a program that im working on that's supposed to have a main window, then another window load up off of that.
It has both the main window, then the child window load up.
the main window is fine, it refreshes as it is supposed to.
the client window will move around fine, but the client area gets painted once, and doesn't repaint after that.
the program uses some basic directx

main.cpp

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int WINAPI WinMain(        HINSTANCE hInstance,                // handle to application
                                        HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                                        LPSTR lpCmdLine,                        // cmd line arguments (pointer to null terminated string)
                                        int nCmdShow)                                // flag for how window will be shown.. see msdn for flags
{
        d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); // create the Direct3D interface
        // Client main wnd initialization
        HWND hWndMain;
        HWND hWndLogin;

        WNDCLASSEX cClientWindow;
        ZeroMemory(&cClientWindow, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
    cClientWindow.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    cClientWindow.style = CS_BYTEALIGNCLIENT | CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    cClientWindow.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WindowProc;
    cClientWindow.hInstance = hInstance;
    cClientWindow.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    cClientWindow.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
    cClientWindow.lpszClassName = L"Client";
    RegisterClassEx(&cClientWindow);
    hWndMain = CreateWindowEx(NULL,
                          L"Client",                                        // name of the window class
                          L"Main Window",                        // title of the window
                          WS_CLIPCHILDREN|WS_OVERLAPPED|WS_CAPTION|WS_MINIMIZEBOX|WS_SYSMENU|WS_EX_LAYERED,                // window style.. dont allow resizing
                          0,                // x-position of the window
                          0,                // y-position of the window
                          CLIENTWIDTH,                // width of the window
                          CLIENTHEIGHT,                // height of the window
                          NULL,                // parent window
                          NULL,                // menus
                          hInstance,// application handle
                          NULL);        // multiple windows?

           

    D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;    // create a struct to hold various device information

    ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp));    // clear out the struct for use
    d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;    // program windowed, not fullscreen
    d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;    // discard old frames
        d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
    d3dpp.hDeviceWindow = hWndMain;    // set the window to be used by Direct3D


    // create a device class using this information and the info from the d3dpp stuct
    d3d->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,
                      D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
                      hWndMain,
                      D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
                      &d3dpp,
                      &d3ddev);


        D3DXCreateSprite(d3ddev, &d3dspt);    // create the Direct3D Sprite object

        D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx(d3ddev,    // the device pointer
                            L"LoginBackground.bmp",    // the new file name
                            D3DX_DEFAULT,    // default width
                            D3DX_DEFAULT,    // default height
                            D3DX_DEFAULT,    // no mip mapping
                            NULL,    // regular usage
                            D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,    // 32-bit pixels with alpha
                            D3DPOOL_MANAGED,    // typical memory handling
                            D3DX_DEFAULT,    // no filtering
                            D3DX_DEFAULT,    // no mip filtering
                            D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255, 0, 255),    // the hot-pink color key
                            NULL,    // no image info struct
                            NULL,    // not using 256 colors
                            &sprite);    // load to sprite

        // child window
       
        WNDCLASSEX cClientLogin;
        ZeroMemory(&cClientLogin, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
        cClientLogin.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    cClientLogin.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    cClientLogin.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WindowProc;
    cClientLogin.hInstance = hInstance;
    cClientLogin.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    cClientLogin.hbrBackground = NULL;
    cClientLogin.lpszClassName = L"Child Window";
        RegisterClassEx(&cClientLogin);
        hWndLogin = CreateWindowEx(NULL,
                          L"Child Window",                                        // name of the window class
                          L"Child window",                        // title of the window
                          WS_CHILD|WS_OVERLAPPED|WS_CAPTION,               
                          (CLIENTWIDTH/2-LOGINWIDTH/2),                // x-position of the window
                          (CLIENTWIDTH/2-LOGINHEIGHT),                // y-position of the window
                          LOGINWIDTH,                // width of the window
                          LOGINHEIGHT,                // height of the window
                          hWndMain,                // parent window
                          NULL,                // menus
                          hInstance,// application handle
                          NULL);        // multiple windows?

        D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dppLogin;    // create a struct to hold various device information

    ZeroMemory(&d3dppLogin, sizeof(d3dppLogin));    // clear out the struct for use
    d3dppLogin.Windowed = TRUE;    // program windowed, not fullscreen
    d3dppLogin.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;    // discard old frames
        d3dppLogin.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
    d3dppLogin.hDeviceWindow = hWndLogin;    // set the window to be used by Direct3D


    // create a device class using this information and the info from the d3dpp stuct
    d3d->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,
                      D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
                      hWndLogin,
                      D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
                      &d3dpp,
                      &d3ddevLogin);
       
        ShowWindow(hWndMain, nCmdShow);
        ShowWindow(hWndLogin, nCmdShow);
       
        // this struct holds Windows event messages
    MSG msg;

        // wait for the next message in the queue, store the result in 'msg'
    while(true)
        {
               
                DWORD startTime = GetTickCount();
                if (PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
                {
                        // If the message is WM_QUIT, exit the while loop
                        if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
                        {break;}

                        // translate keystroke messages into the right format
                        TranslateMessage(&msg);
                        // send the message to the WindowProc function
                        DispatchMessage(&msg);
                }
               

                while ((GetTickCount() - startTime) <25);
    }

        cleanD3D();

    // return this part of the WM_QUIT message to Windows
    return msg.wParam;
}

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include.h

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/*
        Include in all cpp files
*/
#define LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <Windows.h>
#include <d3d9.h>
#include <d3dx9.h>
// include the Direct3D Library file
#pragma comment (lib, "d3d9.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "d3dx9.lib")
#include "initialize.h"
#include "loop.h"
#include "cleanup.h"

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initialize.h

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#define CLIENTWIDTH 1000
#define CLIENTHEIGHT 750
#define LOGINWIDTH 400
#define LOGINHEIGHT 300
#define KEY_DOWN(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0)
#define KEY_UP(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 0 : 1)



// global declarations
LPDIRECT3D9 d3d;    // the pointer to our Direct3D interface
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev;    // the pointer to the device class
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddevLogin;
LPD3DXSPRITE d3dspt;    // the pointer to our Direct3D Sprite interface

// sprite declarations
LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 sprite;    // the pointer to the sprite

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loop.h

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// the WindowProc function prototype
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd,
                        UINT message,
                        WPARAM wParam,
                        LPARAM lParam);
void render_frame(void);    // renders a single frame

// this is the main message handler for the program
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    // sort through and find what code to run for the message given
    switch(message)
    {
        // this message is read when the window is closed
        case WM_DESTROY:
            {
                // close the application entirely
                PostQuitMessage(0);
                return 0;
            }
                case WM_PAINT:
                {
            render_frame();
                        break;
                }
        }

    // Handle any messages the switch statement didn't
    return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}

// this is the function used to render a single frame
void render_frame(void)
{
    // clear the window to a deep blue
       
    d3ddev->Clear(0,NULL,D3DCLEAR_TARGET,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,0,0,0),1.0f,0);
        d3ddev->BeginScene();
        d3ddevLogin->Clear(0,NULL,D3DCLEAR_TARGET,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,255,255,255),1.0f,0);
        d3ddev->EndScene();

       
    d3ddev->BeginScene();    // begins the 3D scene
        d3dspt->Begin(D3DXSPRITE_ALPHABLEND);    // begin sprite drawing

    // draw the sprite
    D3DXVECTOR3 center(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);    // center at the upper-left corner
    D3DXVECTOR3 position(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);    // position at 50, 50 with no depth
    d3dspt->Draw(sprite, NULL, &center, &position, D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,255, 255, 255));
       

    d3dspt->End();    // end sprite drawing
    d3ddev->EndScene();    // ends the 3D scene

    d3ddev->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);  // displays the created frame on the screen
    return;
}

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cleanup.h

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void cleanD3D(void);    // closes Direct3D and releases memory

// this is the function that cleans up Direct3D and COM
void cleanD3D(void)
{

    d3ddev->Release();    // close and release the 3D device
        d3ddevLogin->Release();
    d3d->Release();    // close and release Direct3D

    return;
}

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EDIT:

Ive decided to pick up acouple of books and just read, the msdn library isnt a very good place to learn.
thanks for the help, please let this topic just die out.

Yes the main.cpp is not really main.cpp because it is clearly a pure windows native application with only the new coat on the same body. :D bhahahah
Definition of L"string" and _T("String") or TEXT("String") is also different

Thanks

im sory im not really understanding what you are saying.

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Yes the main.cpp is not really main.cpp because it is clearly a pure windows native application with only the new coat on the same body

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main.cpp is just a name, it dosent matter weather its an empty project, console , or win32 application.. main.cpp just means its the name i gave the cpp, telling me thats where the main function is. it dosetn need to be called WinMain.cpp for WinMain() to work...

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Definition of L"string" and _T("String") or TEXT("String") is also different

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I had to use L"String" because thats what the function asked of me, or else i wouldnt have.. i dont know what that has to do with the problem im having.

Actually just use whatever you like, either L"" or TEXT("") works just fine for your application

You must have spent some time attaching code snippets.
It would have been mutually beneficial (for you and responders) if you attached zipped project.

In my case (and I think many of us) we do not have time to piece all snippets together in order to debug your code and give you an intelligent answer.

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Originally Posted by JohnCz

You must have spent some time attaching code snippets.
It would have been mutually beneficial (for you and responders) if you attached zipped project.

In my case (and I think many of us) we do not have time to piece all snippets together in order to debug your code and give you an intelligent answer.

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Yes, I agree with JohnCz, you can send it via my email or my home address, can't you ?
This won't take your time actually
Another way is to contact directly via phone for somewhere to debate (if we live in the same region) on a day off, ie weekends

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Originally Posted by ChayKieu

Yes, I agree with JohnCz, you can send it via my email or my home address, can't you . . .

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Anything is possible; However, attaching compressed project to a post is most efficient way of getting response.
This way many people can participate in discussion, and present different approach to solving a problem.

Yes, I agree there are alot of people on codeguru who I think will love to read and disgcust

If you want to use two different windows with both having the DirectX rendering loop, you will need to use the Swap Chains. Google for it, you will find lot of examples...

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Originally Posted by streamer

If you want to use two different windows with both having the DirectX rendering loop, you will need to use the Swap Chains. Google for it, you will find lot of examples...

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thanks for the response streamer,

i did read up on these swap chains, but i also read up on using different devices rather than swap chains.. so i got kinda confused and thought that initializing and using two different devices might be easier.

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Originally Posted by Flipsy

thanks for the response streamer,

i did read up on these swap chains, but i also read up on using different devices rather than swap chains.. so i got kinda confused and thought that initializing and using two different devices might be easier.

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Handling two d3d devices is a much more work to handle than swap chains. Example:
So you have one windowed application, and you think you don' t need to handle lost device, when user switch from fullscreen to windowed mode with alt-tab or similar, because your application is not full screen . Wrong.
Just change resolution of the desktop window to something different and ta-da, your program crashes. You need to handle lost device. And ops but you have two devices opened...so you need to handle two devices separately. Also when you load some texture, texture is bound to device. If you have two device and you want to some textures be used by both of devices you need to load them for every device you have, meaning you are losing memory because of bad design etc etc. You will have every problem doubled.

Swap chains use the same device, and it's a small amount of work to add them.

If I understood well from your code, you're using second window as login page? Not so good design, I think so.

One use of more screens - swap chains is for example 3DMAx screen. Did you see that?
They use 4 views, left , top , front and perspective to show one scene. But is rendered on one window.

Its easier to use swap chains, than only one screen. Why? You have only one scene shown from different points of view. Shown scene uses the same scene, only cameras are on different position. They just move cameras render to swap chain and everything is working.

alright, i think i understand now why i want to use swap chains, im reading up on them, thanks