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Briere

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 03:59

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I have tried to kill the appication on command, with no success.

I tried PostQuitMessage(0); but that didnt work

How can I do this?

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 09:53

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Briere,

You should really examine the sample code that accompanies the DGDk. But basically, your main entry function DarkSDK() should contain a while loop:

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void DarkSDK( void )
{
  while( LoopSDK() )
  {
    //  Test for a quit condition
    if( dbEscapeKey() )
      exit;

    ... other code ...

    dbSync();
  }
}

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Briere

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 17:18

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I know but sometimes I need to kill the application before that main loop is completed.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 17:48

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Completed? That loop should always run for the life of the application. It should only terminate when you want to quit, hence the Escape Key test.

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Briere

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 17:57 Edited at: 15th Jun 2006 17:58

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Yes I know, but there are numerous other loops, and a few processes that take some time before the main application loop completes. The idea is for my error handler to kill the application before it freezes or gets all whacky on the user.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 18:00

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Ahh I see, you should use exception handling

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 18:13 Edited at: 15th Jun 2006 18:18

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What does LoopSDK do?
Take care of the windows stuff?

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This is why I want to kill it right away.
I do the set up before the main loop of the program, and if the settings files are corrupt or missing, it will cause the user to have the need to restart their computer.

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// MAIN SOURCE FILE FOR INSANE GAME ENGINE

// AUTHOR: NATHAN KRYGIER

// PROJECT START DATE: 6/12/06

// LAST UPDATED: 6/14/06

#include "DarkSDK.h"
#include "igeApplication.h" 
igeApplication Application;
#include "igeDiag.h"
igeDiag ErrorHandler;
#include "igeMainMenu.h"
igeMainMenu MainMenu;

void DarkSDK ( void )
{ 
	// INITIALIZE APPLICATION
	if(ErrorHandler.Report(Application.Initialize()) != 0)
	{
		Application.Kill();
	}

	// DO SPLASH SCREENS
	if(ErrorHandler.Report(Application.PlaySplash()) != 0)
	{
		Application.Kill();
	}

	// MAIN APPLICATION LOOP
	while(Application.LoopStatus() == true && LoopSDK())
	{
		if(dbEscapeKey() == 1)
		{
			Application.SetLoop(false);
		}
	}
}

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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 18:29

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LoopSDK handles all internal DarkBASIC system stuff like playing animation files, music and sound etc, although you would normally have your dbSync call inside this while loop as well. The while loop is your main game loop. Ideally, when your application needs to terminate, all you do is exit this loop so that the DarkSDK function terminates.

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Posted: 16th Jun 2006 11:15

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What you could try and do, is sub-class the main DBPro window, and, in that messaging loop detect a WM_USER command, which would then send a PostQuitMessage, or something like that.

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Posted: 16th Jun 2006 14:52

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Quote: "Ideally, when your application needs to terminate, all you do is exit this loop so that the DarkSDK function terminates."

Yes, I think you should use exit;, or even return; instead of Application.Kill(); in order to be sure that all the cleaning is properly done.

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