Re: [GD-Windows] Changing window flags

[Corrinne Y. <cor...@sp...>]

Brian,

The way to change windows flag in runtime is:

SetWindowLong  ( hwnd, GWL_STYLE, flag );
or
SetWindowLong ( hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, flag );

Hope this helps.

Corrinne Yu



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Hook" <bri...@py...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: [GD-Windows] Changing window flags


> My app can currently run in a window or fullscreen.  When fullscreen I
> use WS_POPUP and TOPMOST, but when running windowed I use
> WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW.  Currently when I toggle between windowed and
> fullscreen I'm not destroying and recreating the window, primarily
> because other components unrelated to graphics (DirectSound) would also
> need to be destroyed and recreated.
> 
> But because my window styles are set at window creation time, things
> look funky when I go windowed->fullscreen (I have a bordered fullscreen
> window) or vice versa (borderless window).  Is there a better way to fix
> this than just to destroy and recreate my window and all HWND dependent
> subsystems every time I change modes?
> 
> Brian