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Featured Snippet: Simple Window Creation
#include <windows.h>
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
switch (message) {
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
return 0;
}
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
WNDCLASSEX wc = {0};
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.lpszClassName = L"MyWindowClass";
if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc)) {
MessageBox(NULL, L"Window Registration Failed!", L"Error", MB_ICONERROR | MB_OK);
return 1;
}
HWND hWnd = CreateWindowEx(
0,
L"MyWindowClass",
L"My First Win32 App",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL
);
if (!hWnd) {
MessageBox(NULL, L"Window Creation Failed!", L"Error", MB_ICONERROR | MB_OK);
return 1;
}
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);
MSG msg = {0};
while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) {
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
return 0;
}
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