How to use the mouse event handler in GDI+ under C++?
Hello!
I am new to Windows programming & have no experience with GDI(+), which is a consequence of not having experience with Windows programming... I have to finish an application that is running under GDI+ by adapting an existing subprogram to the new functional specification.
The subprogram I am going to change is called INHIB, the new subprogram to be created by me is called VRAG. So, I have added a VRAG project with some minor modifications to the INHIB (e.g. by renaming the INHIB.DAT to VRAG.DAT).
INHIB is using the keyboard as the input device. The user clicks the <CR> key to proceed from one trial to the other. In VRAG, the new subprogram to be created by me, the input device must be the mouse.
I have no time to go through details of Windows programming or read a lot about GDI+, as I have to finish some primordial program till Friday next week. So, I need urgent help!
What would help me best? I simple Microsoft Visual Studio project that shows in a simple example how to draw a rectangel by using the mouse, with all #includes, DLLs, resources, but as simple as possible. A hint where I can find a RUNNABLE code would be a welcome answer. Of course, you could create your own set of project files and put them in a ZIP for me. That would be another solution and as good as the first IF it works immediately. :-)
Again, I have no time to go through tutorials that take more than 20 minutes or so...
Technically, the application is a GDI+ "game". It will not be used as such, but technically, it is like programming a non-graphic-intensive game.
Best regards to the expert!
sae1962at
I am new to Windows programming & have no experience with GDI(+), which is a consequence of not having experience with Windows programming... I have to finish an application that is running under GDI+ by adapting an existing subprogram to the new functional specification.
The subprogram I am going to change is called INHIB, the new subprogram to be created by me is called VRAG. So, I have added a VRAG project with some minor modifications to the INHIB (e.g. by renaming the INHIB.DAT to VRAG.DAT).
INHIB is using the keyboard as the input device. The user clicks the <CR> key to proceed from one trial to the other. In VRAG, the new subprogram to be created by me, the input device must be the mouse.
I have no time to go through details of Windows programming or read a lot about GDI+, as I have to finish some primordial program till Friday next week. So, I need urgent help!
What would help me best? I simple Microsoft Visual Studio project that shows in a simple example how to draw a rectangel by using the mouse, with all #includes, DLLs, resources, but as simple as possible. A hint where I can find a RUNNABLE code would be a welcome answer. Of course, you could create your own set of project files and put them in a ZIP for me. That would be another solution and as good as the first IF it works immediately. :-)
Again, I have no time to go through tutorials that take more than 20 minutes or so...
Technically, the application is a GDI+ "game". It will not be used as such, but technically, it is like programming a non-graphic-intensive game.
Best regards to the expert!
sae1962at
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OK, you are right. I have done this things in Java with listeners. All in all, I have more than ten years of OOP experience.
But how is the same event handling working in C++/Windows/GDI+? Any simple examples from where I can learn it in a short period?
But how is the same event handling working in C++/Windows/GDI+? Any simple examples from where I can learn it in a short period?
ASKER
Which tutorials are the best to learn event handling (for a mouse) on the net?
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Maybe you ought to have - have no understanding of what you are doing is a recipe for disaster.