Programming 2D Games

28 2. Windows Programming Fundamentals

HDC hdc; // Handle to device context

Listing 2.12. Handle to device context.

Text may be displayed in the window using the TextOut function. We will only be

using TextOut in this chapter so that we may test our text input code. In later chapters,

we will use dierent techniques for displaying text in our games. e rst parameter in

TextOut is our hdc variable. e code in Listing 2.13 is added to our WinProc function.

case WM_PAINT: // The window needs to be redrawn

hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps); // Get handle to device context

GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect); // Get the window rectangle

// Display the character