Architecture question

SDL Development
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I have the need to create a special type of window in my app. On Win32 - for
instance - it needs to be captionless and borderless and have several other
unique attributes. What is the strategy suppose to be for this kind of thing

  • both on UNIX and Win32?______________________
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I have the need to create a special type of window in my app. On Win32 - for
instance - it needs to be captionless and borderless and have several other
unique attributes. What is the strategy suppose to be for this kind of thing

  • both on UNIX and Win32?

We usually use the SDL_syswm.h interfaces to get access to the platform
dependent internal variables and change the window style. I can post an
example for X11, and the strategy is the same on Win32.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software

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That would be quite helpfull. It would be cool to try to keep this platform
independent.> ----- Original Message -----

From: Sam Lantinga [mailto:slouken@devolution.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:15 AM
To: sdl at lokigames.com
Subject: Re: [SDL] Architecture question…

I have the need to create a special type of window in my app. On Win32 -
for
instance - it needs to be captionless and borderless and have several
other
unique attributes. What is the strategy suppose to be for this kind of
thing

  • both on UNIX and Win32?

We usually use the SDL_syswm.h interfaces to get access to the platform
dependent internal variables and change the window style. I can post an
example for X11, and the strategy is the same on Win32.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software

4

Sam - don’t waste any time.

I finally noticed that you have the scrap demo on the site already. This
looks like a good way to learn how to do this kind of thing.> -----Original Message-----

From: Sam Lantinga [SMTP:slouken at devolution.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:15 AM
To: sdl at lokigames.com
Subject: Re: [SDL] Architecture question…

I have the need to create a special type of window in my app. On Win32 -
for
instance - it needs to be captionless and borderless and have several
other
unique attributes. What is the strategy suppose to be for this kind of
thing

  • both on UNIX and Win32?

We usually use the SDL_syswm.h interfaces to get access to the platform
dependent internal variables and change the window style. I can post an
example for X11, and the strategy is the same on Win32.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software