Windows GUI Programming with C/C++ ( Win32 API ) | Part -2 | Menus

[@apalsnerg]

Here 7 years later and still the best tutorial I've been able to find. God bless you, mate!

[@ameen272-amin]

7 years and this youtuber is still underrated

[@Ghost572]

You do such a good job explaining this stuff in detail. I have been learning stuff off websites which are good but don't really explain fully whats going on, although I would of figured it out eventually its really nice to have someone to point out the key areas of where menus connect together etc. Thanks for all this, you should set up a patron account I'm sure there are people who would like to send a bit of money your way for the time you've put into this.

[@ThePentamollisProject]

thanks for the appreciation. It really means a lot. And actually i was thinking about setting up patreon, but currently i'm more involved in setting up a blog for this channel ( just started sketching out the basic ideas ). Once the blog is up and running, I'll do the patreon work next. although, talking about money, the revenue from this channel is more than enough to keep me motivated to keep coming up with new content.

[@compotetonpote2652]

@@ThePentamollisProject Cool ! Nice! Very gud! I luv you :3

[@Ethorbit]

Just wanted to thank you for making so many tutorials on Win32 GUIs, even though we could go to MSDN and see the solutions it's always nice to have a video on it with someone who is easy to understand and explains it in great detail.

[@harryshuman9637]

Yeah, I wish a multi-billion corporation like Microsoft would invest a bit of time and replace this achaic WinAPI interface with a more modern OOP C++ implementation.

[@tugaks1837]

@@harryshuman9637 They already did it with WinUI... tho it is quite slow compared to the WIN32 API.

[@harryshuman9637]

@@tugaks1837 Is it running C# under the hood?

[@tugaks1837]

@@harryshuman9637 No, it's implemented using C++/WinRT which is a projection of C++.

[@pianoblader4263]

Damn dude, I usually don't like watching youtube videos about programming because they don't explain much, and is usually better to go read official documantation for the code, but this is really good.

[@orionbekesi]

khm, indians

[@johnkalady5468]

You teach better than my professor!

[@escorvus]

Well, I didn't really listen to what you said but I still got it! Thanks

[@mianaliahmed9886]

dont know how you have been doing but....thanks a lot man......

[@aibou2399]

Best win32 tutorial so far. Thanks, suscribing.

[@enderstarpg6921]

Very helpful tutorial series so far, but the MessageBeep function plays the same sound for all the constants. Running windows11 and can't find anything about it on google

[@atifkhan-ix1jc]

Where you learn it

[@scramjet4610]

Example works good. Great job explaining a complex subject in an understandable and practical way. My mingw compiler throws warnings with NULL, wants to see 0 instead.

[@hl2mukkel]

This was super easy and very helpful! Thank you very much :)

[@samuelsergio6095]

Soooo much better than the docs

[@vinayarora6544]

Nicely explained topics :) Cheers for the provider!!!

[@bobbryson5996]

best video ever extremely helpful, bravo!!!

[@mohdhamzaghyas4328]

best win32 tuturial

[@retrozvoc6189]

Seems very extensive. I like it!

[@dmaster20ify]

You are my general for the coding. Which I had a bank account to wire you some money. But I couldn't pay you what you value anyways. Just keep making the good videos. You see that? I am a new subscriber to your channell.

[@ThePentamollisProject]

thank you. It means a lot to get feedback from viewers like you. :-)

[@Оңтүстікжыр-терме]

With which program are you writing

[@icykanfused104]

Am having trouble compiling. I am getting a too few arguments error in the AddMenus function, What would be the issue kindly advice.

[@vinh01011]

I need to learn deeply about Win API , code on C ++ language can access the most specific and in-depth details about the computer system . Can you give me advice, how to learn Win API effectively? Thank you !!

[@urbanawp]

can someone explain how you can use a function inside a while loop and how it stays true "while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, NULL, NULL))" well mine did not stay true some how, i have no idea why, hell the loop don´t make sense to me

[@potatopotato7561]

Excellent video, and thank you for this series, but your desktop hurts my eyes.

[@raoahmadshaharyar7720]

Same here, because of it, i'm having a headache. But HE explains great.

[@kevinparsley6806]

My system does not alter sounds between the MB_OK and MB_ICONINFORMATION. Also, my file menu pops up on the outside edge of the parent window. I don't know if any of that is normal or not.

[@RoyNBarlow]

I didn't have the file menu outside the parent window issue, but I also didn't have altering sounds between those two functions. It made this tutorial less fun to do hahaha

[@schmidtlach]

Excellent tutorial as usual!

[@tovape]

you are a life saver, thanks so much for your knowlegde!

[@elgato7557]

Hello man, I know it is 3 years later but I am following your tutorial and I have an issue, when I build and run after adding the menu to my window it causes it to instantly close after running, the window works fine without menus but if i add one i get this problem. I am using Visual Studio 2019

[@ATealPenguin]

Carter Hoffmeyer thx so much i was getting Chinese letters instead of “File”

[@brycejohansen7114]

@@ATealPenguin You can put a L before the beginning speech marks of the string, so L"File" ... hopefully that helps.

[@papinkelman7695]

Why do you have a microphone inside your keyboard?

[@ricardomunhoz6706]

Show man .. I liked your videos I would have checked in C too .. for comparisons

[@ricardomunhoz6706]

*checked wrong it's done. Sorry for my english

[@ThePentamollisProject]

:-)

[@marcussmithwick6326]

Where was this video 2 years ago, thanks :)

[@ThePentamollisProject]

2 years ago .... i didn't even know one programming language XD.

[@enlightedjedi]

At the AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING, NULL, "File"); line I get an error saying "'BOOL AppendMenuW(HMENU,UINT,UINT_PTR,LPCWSTR)': cannot convert argument 4 from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR'" How do I solve this?

[@enlightedjedi]

I had managed to solve it myself!

[@retrodev2772]

@@enlightedjedi how did you solve it? I have the same problem

[@retrodev2772]

nvm all i had to do was do was use L"File" insted of "File"

[@skillerdz7145]

i have a probleme , when i start the script , the window crash and don't want to continue

[@mikeoxsor6183]

I like your background

[@raebailey1549]

i am only getting the first letter of my window name how can i fix this

do you have a github so i can grab the files and play with them?

[@ThePentamollisProject]

I have not uploaded this project. I can email you the files, but they have been modified.

ok whats you email?

[@calibr0636]

your background tho, is that benedict cumberbatch

[@MasterMindmars]

Very good

[@hohohappyday77]

can you show the project files?

[@satishg6965]

in next video please tell us how you are able to remember the codes, what are the logic that you use to keep that thing in your brain,

[@ThePentamollisProject]

The key to remembering all that is experience. Make notes for now, and refer to them whenever necessary. You keep using these commands over and over again, you'll eventually have them by heart.

[@ashutoshrautela3454]

How to open console with Win32 application in Visual Studio?

[@ThePentamollisProject]

if you create a win32 project in visual studio, it automatically disables the console. You might wanna look in the project settings if you want to enable it. Or you can try creating a new project as a "console application" instead of "win32 API project" in the first place,. Win32 works that way too, but you might get linking problems in this case if you are planning to use GDI in your application. Good-luck !

[@taviann]

Thank you.... 🙏🏽

[@serviciointegraldesegurida7276]

Example works good.

[@НиколайМиронов-г3и]

MessageBeep 9:40 dont work... Do nothing

[@RobbieEscamilla]

Turn on the speakers :P

[@gplayminion1734]

i followed the tutorial and my window wont open now

[@EarthSettler]

Thank you a lot, will there be the 3rd one?

[@ThePentamollisProject]

yes, next week. On Wednesday probably.

[@Rumplestiltzchen]

that desktop! sheeesh!

[@WhoForgot2Flush]

well done

[@valizeth4073]

Why do you declare the function then define it? like: void addMenu(); void addMenu() { } instead of just doing it once?

[@ThePentamollisProject]

because it is the way its done. I think you're getting C++ confused with java or c#. in C++ if you're calling a function before it has been defined ( i mean the function call is above the definition in the code ), the compiler will not be able to find the function. Consider the following code for instance : void do_stuff() { //code } int main() { do_stuff(); } this code will work fine because the function has been defined before its called. But most of the people like to keep the main function on the top in their code. Consider the following example: int main() { do_stuff(); } void do_stuff() { //code } this code won't compile because the compiler will not be able to find the function as it is defined afterwards. So you'll need to add a declaration before the function call that will tell the compiler that a function with that name exists and it has to look for it. the code: void do_stuff(); int main() { do_stuff(); } void do_stuff() { //code } :-)

[@valizeth4073]

Well it's really simple to work around it. Instead of for an example: void doStuff(const char* message); int main() { } void doStuff(const char* message) { } just: void doStuff(const char* message) { } int main() { } I've never gotten any issue with this, nor do I think it's needed, it basically just makes the program longer, I can't really see any benefit with doing it that way :*

[@valizeth4073]

AND usually with C++ you're using classes within different tabs of the window like: myClass.h + myClass.cpp + main.cpp. Then the main function is basically the only function in the main.cpp tab. Then the issue is gone aswell

[@ThePentamollisProject]

if you have other functions in other files ( not main.cpp), you'll also need to provide declarations in either the main file or in the header file and then include the header in the main file. Thats another use of declarations. But if you're working with classes and objects, then there's a different story.

[@Ethorbit]

@@valizeth4073 Longer is better than messy, having the main function buried in the program is not very clean, most people (including me) prefer to use the prototypes, I personally do them in the header so that the function can be below the main function without any additional stuff like you said.

[@serviciointegraldesegurida7276]

Excelent, thank you.

[@jihwan816]

very good video thx

[@Ibrahimkhan-uc8rw]

brother if you make a calculetor by using gui for us, it will help us much

[@aceaspect2431]

18:44 he accidentally clicks spacebar

[@urhur]

you are my master!

[@ThePentamollisProject]

:-)

[@Yilativ7]

Thanks so much!

[@kryptoid2568]

I don't know how to thank you

[@youyiliu7556]

Great!

[@takase5037]

Desktop.

[@calin5681]

Code (Tested, working): #include #define FILE_MENU_NEW 1 #define FILE_MENU_OPEN 2 #define FILE_MENU_EXIT 3 LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM); void AddMenus(HWND); HMENU hMenu; int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPSTR args, int ncmdshow) { WNDCLASS wc = {0}; wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_WINDOW; wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); wc.hInstance = hInst; wc.lpszClassName = L"myWindowClass"; wc.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure; if (!RegisterClassW(&wc)) return 1; CreateWindowW(L"myWindowClass", L"My Window", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE, 100, 100, 500, 500, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); MSG msg = {0}; while (GetMessage(&msg,NULL,NULL,NULL)) { TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } return 0; } LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp) { switch (msg) { case WM_COMMAND: switch(wp) { case FILE_MENU_EXIT: DestroyWindow(hWnd); break; case FILE_MENU_NEW: MessageBeep(MB_ICONINFORMATION); break; } break; case WM_CREATE: AddMenus(hWnd); break; case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); break; default: return DefWindowProcW(hWnd, msg, wp, lp); } } void AddMenus(HWND hWnd) { hMenu = CreateMenu(); HMENU hFileMenu = CreateMenu(); HMENU hSubMenu = CreateMenu(); AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, NULL, L"Submenu Item"); AppendMenu(hFileMenu, MF_STRING, FILE_MENU_NEW, L"New"); AppendMenu(hFileMenu, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)hSubMenu, L"Open Submenu"); AppendMenu(hFileMenu, MF_SEPARATOR, NULL, NULL); AppendMenu(hFileMenu, MF_STRING, FILE_MENU_EXIT, L"Exit"); AppendMenu(hMenu,MF_POPUP,(UINT_PTR)hFileMenu, L"File"); AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING, NULL, L"Help"); SetMenu(hWnd,hMenu); }