Rendering without a window?

Criamon · Post by **Criamon** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:36 pm

Hi,

is it somehow possible that Irrlicht only renders to a part of a window?
I want to use Irrlicht within an existing application. Within this application there is an open space (a panel) in the application where Irrlicht should draw to.

Is it possible to use Irrlicht within an axtiveX control?

Thanks
Criamon

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:34 pm

There's an example of how to do a split screen view in the tutorials section, you should have a look there.

saigumi · Post by **saigumi** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:41 pm

Splitscreening would work if you wanted a panel in the Irrlicht window.

No, there isn't an easy way to set Irrlicht to render to only a window defined as an activeX control.

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:47 pm

Oh right, like using it in HTML or something like that?

Miwa · Post by **Miwa** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:01 am

I just modified the createDevice call to take a hwnd param. Then in the func if the param is NULL, I let irrlicht do it's normal thing, otherwise I just have it use the passed hwnd. I then added a few other functions so I could call funcs instead of letting it have the WndProc. (like for WM_* handling and such). I also don't use the run() function, as I have my own message loop.

When I have some time, I'll put together my classes, and examples of having irrlicht windows in an MFC app.

Criamon · Post by **Criamon** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:57 am

@miwa This sounds promising. I will have to dig into code too. Let me know, if you succeed.

Thanks,
Criamon