Re: MFC (updated question)

[Marc Hernandez <marc@ias.jb.com>]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 kinabalu@btinternet.com wrote:

> I rephrase my original question.
> 
> Are there any good books/web info on creating apps/games with 
> MFC and directX?
> 
> I've got a bit of MFC experience and a couple of mates are very 
> keen on East Front/West Front type wargames (hexagon based) 
> so I wanted to get a quick intro into MFC and directX.  I bought 
> Lamoth's Tricks... but it frustrates me in that firstly it uses his own 
> library to wrap up most of directx and secondly it (understandably) 
> doesn't refer at all to MFC.
> 
> If I can just get a damned bitmap to show using a dierctx/MFC 
> combo then that would be a grand start.  Speed is not an issue 
> here as tile based wargames don't require fast refresh rates etc etc.

	In this case you may wish to use CreateDIBSection, or even just a
set of CBitmaps that you blit.  These use hardware acceleration and are
generally fairly fast (certainly fast enough for the type of game your
mentioning). 
	CreateDIBSection will allow you to create canvases you can draw
on.  
	This method has a number of huge advanteges;  it is simple,  it is
built in to Win9x/NT, no messy direct X to install.  

--
Marc Hernandez

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