showWindow.cpp

Create a gzWindow This example illustrates how a gzApplication and a gzWindow is created.
The gzWindow is created and drawn when the application is running.

// *****************************************************************************
// File         : showWindow.cpp
// Module       : 
// Description  : Test program for creating an application with a gzWindow
// Author       : Lisa Johansson
// Product      : Gizmo3D 1.3 beta 7
//              
// Copyright © 2003- Saab Training Systems AB, Sweden   
//                      
// NOTE:    Gizmo3D is a high performance 3D Scene Graph and effect visualisation 
//          C++ toolkit for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (Win32) and IRIX® for  
//          usage in Game or VisSim development.
//
//
// Revision History...                                                  
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// LJH  041019  Created file    
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// ******************************************************************************

#include "gzGizmo3DLibrary.h"


class ShowGzWindow : public gzApplication
{
public:

    // constructor
    ShowGzWindow();

    // destructor
    virtual ~ShowGzWindow();

    // onIdle method. This method is called when the application is running.
    void onIdle(); 

private:
    gzRefPointer<gzWindow> win;

};


ShowGzWindow::ShowGzWindow()
{
    // instantiating a gzWindow.
    win = new gzWindow("Window Test",(gzWindowHandle)NULL,(gzGraphicsFormat *)NULL,FALSE);

    // sets the size for the window.
    win->setSize(300, 300);

    // sets the position for the window on the screen.
    win->setPosition(100, 100);

    // Let the window be visible.
    win->show();
}

ShowGzWindow::~ShowGzWindow()
{
}

// this method is called when the application is running. 
// When the cpu don't have anything to do the onIdle is called.
gzVoid ShowGzWindow::onIdle()
{
    // refresh the contents in the window.
    win->refreshWindow();
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    // Needed for some systems to install external graphics engines
    gzStartUpGizmo();   
    
    // Run your gizmo code. If anything goes wrong an exception will be thrown.
    try
    {     
        // Make the application
        ShowGzWindow win;

        // Start the application
        win.run();
            
    }
    catch(gzBaseError &error)       
    {
        // In case of exceptions thrown we want to print the message
        error.reportError();
    }
    
    gzShutDownGizmo();
    
    return 0;
}

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