372 replies to this topic

[Hockeyflyers]

Code shoudld look something like this: myButton=API_Button_Create(.....);

It does. But when I run it in debug mode, myButton has the same value as anotherButton.

[alexw]

Hey,

Is it possible to add an hide window function to this dll.
So that u can click on the tray icon to restore it.

I also appricated that u can make an menu when u click on the tray icon.

Thanks,
Alexw

[Iruka]

Hello, I have a problem that is quite perplexing, well to me. I have followed the example to a T. Though when I press a button, nothing happens. Here is my code:

regt = API_Button_Create(window_handle(),x+40,y+440,110,2
1,BS_CENTER,false);
API_Control_SetText(regt,"Click Me!");

cmd = API_Check_Command(1);
if (cmd == regt)
{
show_message("You clicked me!");
}

Note I did not call the Dll, this is simply because I am using the Extension.

As you can see, this is EXACTLY like the example. So what is wrong?

Please reply,
-Iruka

[callum]

you forgot to add after you create the button

API_Check_Set(1,window_handle());

[Iruka]

you forgot to add after you create the button

API_Check_Set(1,window_handle());

Wow, how did I miss that? Well, thank you. You were most helpful.

Thanks,
-Iruka

[molloyboy08]

Okay I'll post a few questions: All deal with the listview...
When you click on something in it only the 1st (column 0) is able to be selected. Is their any way to change that?
ie:
select the whole row instead of just that column?
select an item in a different column?
make a different column the one that highlights?

I ask because only the 0 based items are selectable at the moment and I would like to select differently, and edit a different one. Ideally I want answers to as much of them as possible even if the answer is no. I figure someone is bound to know. (Just don't tell me in the help file because its giving me problems lol)

edit: It seems my little break from gamemaker and this dll have made me rusty and forgetful, how do I process clicks and stuff on a listview?

Edited by molloyboy08, 17 July 2008 - 10:30 PM.

[Todi]

Hello ppl,

I'm use this DLL for a while, and short time ago I, finally, was find the control that like a "label" in Delphi, is the Static Control. Well, when I use this control a problem occur, the controls not appear with the text that I wrote.

Somebody already would have this problem?
I'd like to know, how solve it.

Thanks for your answers!

Cordially,

Edited by Todi, 27 July 2008 - 03:36 AM.

[allan124]

can someone show me the script to make a combobox that does a different function depending on what is selected. e.g a variable value is changed.

Edited by allan124, 01 October 2008 - 11:36 PM.

[ari_aaron]

The latest version is at http://allocated.nl/gmdlls/maxwinapi2/ or http://allocated.nl/gmdlls/maxwinapi/ , as linked in the first post?


Also, are any of the GEX's for this latest version (that fixes GM window sizing issues)?

[contactnero]

how can i scroll down a treeview?
API_Scroll_SetPos (list, 1, 999); does not work...

[creepers9164]

It seems as when I try to download this, I am asked for a password.

[DefuzionGames]

uising the listbox under v2 how do i get the TEXT of the selected string/item in the listbox??

alll the function seem to return a zero based index

[Master-Code]

If I'm using the API_Controls_EnableAgw function to place the controls in the game window, what do I put for 'Real Parent Handle' when making a checkbox?

Thanks!

You would pass it the window_handle, which you can get with the GM method window_handle();

But actually GM windows are known to cause something like



as per http://gmc.yoyogames...&...t&p=1859617 apparently due to the way the DLL interacts with GM Windows which use DirectX. http://gmc.yoyogames...&...t&p=1860396 explains it roughly.

Point is, it would be better to create a new window using the dll.

What I recommend is the following in the create event:

global.window[0] = window_handle();
API_Window_Show(global.window[0],SW_HIDE);


W = room_width;
H = room_height;
X = window_client_left-5;
Y = window_client_top-32;
	
global.window[1] = API_Window_Create(X,Y,W,H,WS_CAPTION|WS_POPUPWINDOW|WS_SYSMENU|W
S_MAXIMIZEBOX|WS_MINIMIZEBOX,false);

API_Check_Set(1,global.window[1]);

This will create a new MaxWinAPI window, and hide the GM window (so you don't have an unnecessary window if you don't use it). The reason I passed global.window[1] "false" for the parent, is that I don't want them to be related. In other words, me making global.window[0] (the GM window) hidden has no effect on global.window[1] (the actual game window, that the DLL created). The code also puts the new window in the same place (approximately) the GM window would have been, and makes it the same size as the room. Thus you have a dll-created window that is a near perfect replacement for the GM-made one.

Don't forget to put

if(API_Check_Quit(1) || keyboard_check_direct(vk_escape))	
{
	game_end();
}

in the Step event. This will end the game if the window you created was closed, or if ESC was pressed.

This returns error for me...

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object Controller:

Error in code at line 8:
   X = window_client_left-5;
       ^
at position 6: Unknown variable window_client_left