gistfile1.cpp

// Win32 Libraries
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <tchar.h>
 
// Global Variables:
const TCHAR* szClassName = L"GameWindow"; //You can do that, too.
   
/* all the functions here were... useless o.0 */

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam){
	switch (message)
	{
			//case WM_COMMAND:
			  // handle menu selections etc.
			//break;
			//case WM_PAINT:
			  // draw our window - note: you must paint something here or not trap it!
			//break;
			case WM_DESTROY:
				 PostQuitMessage(0);
			break;
			default:
				// We do not want to handle this message so pass back to Windows
				// to handle it in a default way
				return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
	}

	return 0;
}

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    char * cmdParam, int cmdShow) {
    // Window Class

    WNDCLASSEX GameWindow; // Populate the WNDCLASSEX structure

	/* memset(...) is used to zero our every member of GameWindow. Since WNDCLASSEX is no class but a good old C-style struct
	it's member variables won't automatically default to 0 (or anything else). Just to be on the safe side it's good to
	set them all to 0 first. */
	memset(&GameWindow, 0, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
   
    GameWindow.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); // always set to size of WNDCLASSEX or WNDCLASS depending which you use
    GameWindow.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; // designates when that the window is resized horizontally and vertically
    GameWindow.lpfnWndProc = WndProcedure; // pointer to the start of the windows message handler
    GameWindow.cbClsExtra = 0;
    GameWindow.cbWndExtra = 0;
    GameWindow.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); // Window icon
    GameWindow.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); // Window cursor
    GameWindow.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1); // Color of the background
    GameWindow.lpszMenuName = NULL;
    GameWindow.lpszClassName = szClassName; // unique name to the window class. Used when we call CreateWindow(Ex) to tell the function which window class we want an object instance of
    GameWindow.hInstance = hInstance;// the handle to the instance of your app. This is given to your WinMain function and is passed there
    GameWindow.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
 
    // Register the class
    RegisterClassEx(&GameWindow);


    // HWND is a handle to a window object
    // We have a opportunity to chose window style and to add a menu.
	HWND hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, szClassName, L"Window Title Goes Here", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
				CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 1024, 768, NULL,
				NULL, hInstance, NULL);


    // Show the Window
    ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL); // Second parameter is a style to show the window
    UpdateWindow(hWnd);
 
	Sleep(1000); //Sleeps for 1 second so you actually see the window.
   
    return 0;
}