Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals Chapter 12: Dialog-Based Windows

Practical Learning: Setting the Window Name

1. To provide a name for the window, declare and initialize a null-terminated string and
   pass its value as the lpWindowName argument of the CreateWindowEx() function:

#include <windows.h>

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

char StrClassName[] = "Win32Exercise";

char StrWndName[] = "Simple Win32 Application";

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg,

WPARAM wParam, LPARAM

lParam);

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,

LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow )

{

HWND hWnd;

WNDCLASSEX WndClsEx;

RegisterClassEx(&WndClsEx);

hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0,

StrClassName,

StrWndName, );

return 0;

}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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10.2.4..Windows Styles...................................................................................

We had a formal introduction to windows styles in Lesson 2 and we reviewed all

necessary styles to apply or not apply to a main window. Once again, a

WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW has a caption that displays the window name (if any). It

is also equipped with the system menu, a thick frame, a system Minimize button, a

system Maximize button, and a system Close button.

For a Win32 application, you can apply the WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW style as

follows:

CreateWindow(ClsName, WndName, WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,

For an MFC application, this style can be added as follows:

CMainFrame::CMainFrame()

{

// Declare a window class variable

WNDCLASS WndCls;

const char *StrWndName = "Windows Fundamentals";