im sorry to bother you but i wanted to know
BUT I AM USEING DEV C++
I WANT TO SEE HOW TO ADD A BACKGROUND TO A PROGRAM IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD HELP ME
THANK YOU
justinclev 0 Newbie Poster
Duoas 1,025 Postaholic Featured Poster
Please don't shout.
Adding a background depends on the toolkit you are using.
If you are using straight Win32 API, you'll need to process the WM_PAINT message sent to the form and draw the bitmap before you let any other controls draw.
If you are using a toolkit, please tell us which one you are using.
CoolGamer48 65 Posting Pro in Training
What type of program are you dealing with? A window? A console window?
Most likely, the answer will lie somewhere in either the Direct3D (Microsoft), or OpenGL (open source) APIs. Look them up.
justinclev 0 Newbie Poster
well i m still a bit of a beginer my programs a secruity one it will run and youll have to enter a password then it will allow you to go on if you enter it right otherwise it shutsdown the computer
but it runs off the command prompt
CoolGamer48 65 Posting Pro in Training
If you're running a command prompt, there really isn't a way (to my knowledge) of setting a background.
justinclev 0 Newbie Poster
well how do i get out of command prompt then it help my program to know that sense the totorail im using sucks
CoolGamer48 65 Posting Pro in Training
Depending on how much of a beginner you are, you may want to stick with console apps for a while and get a handle around pointers, classes, inheritance, and polymorphism to some degree. But, you don't necessarily have to.
If you're on Windows, this is a very good place to begin. As Duoas said, there's a way to do a background with just the Windows API, though if you want to go into more graphical applications, you can try to delve on in to Direct3D.
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