Re: [AD] drag and drop win32

[aj <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:43 PM 14/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> On November 13, 2003 10:52 pm, aj wrote:
> > At 07:58 PM 13/11/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> > >On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 19:53, AE wrote:
> > > > >Its all win32 specific code. that win_proc is the prcedure that
> > > > > handles Windows messages. aka: You'll need to learn a ton of win32 :)
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps the Windows specific section of the Allegro docs should contain
> > >
> > > some
> > >
> > > > links to sites with docs about the Win32 API (and ditto for other
> > > > platform-specific sections). What about adding a Windows example
> > > > program that uses the win_proc hook to add drag and drop, or
> > > > scroll-bars to the windows?
> > >
> > >It would encourage people to actually use it, making their programs
> > >non-portable, and is therefore a bad idea. I'd much more like to see
> > >examples using wxWindows to achieve things like scrollbars, which then
> > >would work in Windows, Linux, OSX, ...
> >
> > not everyone is interested in multi platforms.
> > infact i would say most allegro made apps are not multi-platform.  nor have
> > much intention of being multi-platform.
> >
>
> Which is sad. Becase there are many people who can not play a windows 
> game. So
> that person looses out on many potential users.


there are many that can not use Linux software either.


> Me being one. I don't have windows, and can't afford the >$200 pricetag 
> for XP
> Pro/Corp.



you dont need Pro/Corp.... and lets not get into the TCO of  win vs 
*nix...   i do not know which will end up being cheaper but everything else 
in this commercial world tells me that  bulk market share usually means an 
overall cheaper price.



> With allegro, it is extreamly easy to make a crossplatform game. The
> functionality is there, you should use it.



if i was making a game for two platforms, i would have to divide my effort 
between them, leaving less time to work on the actual game.



anyway,,  that is getting off topic....   back on topic.... this 
drag-n-drop thingy  using SetWindowsHookEx()  seems to be feasible.
except for that  ACCEPT_FILES  flag.