RE: [GD-Windows] Windows paints my window!

[Tom F. <to...@mu...>]

> I thought that setting the hbrBackground of the
> WNDCLASS struct to NULL was enough to prevent this

IIRC, you need to set it to a transparent brush, not just to NULL.

But beware of other nasty things that happen when you neglect your =
message
pump. It might be an idea to call the message pump regularly during the
loading process. You can also draw progress bars, etc at the same time =
-
keeps both Windows and the user from worrying.


Tom Forsyth - purely hypothetical Muckyfoot bloke.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ignacio Casta=F1o [mailto:cas...@ya...]
> Sent: 09 September 2002 18:10
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Windows paints my window!
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> Hi,
> Are you returning TRUE to the WM_ERASEBKGND message?
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> Ignacio Casta=F1o
> cas...@ya...
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> Javier Arevalo wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > During long load times (not so long actually, but hey)=20
> Windows sometimes
> > seems to decide that the game's window needs repainting and=20
> erasing. The
> app
> > is not responding to messages because it's busy loading=20
> stuff. I thought
> > that setting the hbrBackground of the WNDCLASS struct  to=20
> NULL was enough
> to
> > prevent this, but it still paints the window white. This=20
> only happens when
> > the game runs in fullscreen mode, never in the windowed=20
> mode we use for
> > development. Even funnier is that it only started happening=20
> a few days
> ago,
> > but we have been unable to find any changes we might have=20
> done to the
> Window
> > or DirectX handling code for the past _months_.
> >
> > Any ideas where to look at? Even the slightest trace of a=20
> pointer will be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Javier Arevalo
> >   Pyro Studios
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