Remove default IRR window style

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:19 pm

Yes, how can we do that ?
The thing is to get the default window without the borders and the caption, and let just the usefull part of the window only.

I can do that from vb, but the point is make it from the c++ source and not lett the IRR show that styles.

Someone know howto to try that ?

luckymutt · Post by **luckymutt** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:19 am

Make your own window as in the win32 example and set the styles how you want, and place the Irrlicht Device in inside it (if I remember correctly, in that example, the IrrDevice is put into a "BUTTON"

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:41 pm

WE talk about the deafult window the irrlicht starts.

Nobody knows about ?

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:51 pm

luckymutt also meant this window. If you use the external window variable when creating the Irrlicht device nothing is created, Irrlicht just acquires a rectangle area to draw in. So if you know how to get rid of the windows decorations using just win32 calls you can tke that window (created and decorated by you) and let Irrlicht render into it.

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:21 am

But the thing hybrind is not remove the caption and the border (style).
Is not allow the creation of it... understand ?

Anyways if you can show me some example about what are you telling...

thx

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:41 am

No, I think I do not understand, sorry.

RhavoX · Post by **RhavoX** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:28 am

hybrid wrote:No, I think I do not understand, sorry.

Hmm maybe he thinks that the solution you gave him isn't removing the caption an border...

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:42 am

But it is

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:54 pm

but i not understand that solution.. show us an example of what you tell

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:16 pm

Example 14. Just setup the windows as you want before.
And no, tell us what you want first.

luckymutt · Post by **luckymutt** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:20 am

Here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... window.asp
(check out the dwStlye parameter)

That will tell you all about how to create and customize the window to how you want.
Check out the CreateWindowEX function as well.

To change the default appearance of the window that Irrlicht is in, you need to do one of the following:

1. run it in full screen mode
2. use the above links to see how you can change styles with the Win32Window example
3. use the same links and change Irrlicht's source code to default to whatever style you want and rebuild the engine
or
4. cover the top portion of the window on your monitor with duct tape

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:15 pm

Yes luckymutt, i know that dwStyle values and how to change the window style. But the thing i want to do is...

1 - irrlitch start with a deault window.
2 - not allow to irrlitch the creation of the style he want
3 - change the way the irrlicht make that style

i hope is more clear now ... because i not need to create a new window. The irrlich deault one is wnough for me, but i need to change its style.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:54 pm

You can get the HWND from exposed video data structure of the device. Then make your changes to that handle.

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:59 pm

Hybrid.. in what irrlich library is that procedure. You know ?

arfgh · Post by **arfgh** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:10 pm

I mean.. to know the part where the irrlich libraries set for example the classname to "CIrrDeviceWin32"