Empty Window

This Is A Project which is just empty, no title no body no icon and nothing. You can use this for graphic designing or some meme template. Compatible For Windows XP and Higher..

Compilation Instructions

Using MinGW (GCC for Windows)

1. Install MinGW: If you don't have MinGW installed, download it from the MinGW website, and follow the installation instructions. Make sure to add the MinGW bin directory to your system's PATH to use gcc from the command line.

2. Clone The Repo Make sure you have git installed, then type git clone https://github.com/SplendidPiePizza/EmptyWindowC.git Or Click The Code button then click Download ZIP

3. Navigate to Your Project Directory: Open Command Prompt (CMD) and change the directory to where the repository .c files are located.

4. Compile the Code Run the following gcc command to compile and link the source files: gcc main.c window.c -o EmptyWindowC -lgdi32 -luser32 -mwindows Feel free to name the executable you want.

5. Run Binary EXE

   Launch EmptyWindowC.exe or the executable you named.

   Note: this will work for linux, i tried it on ubuntu before and it compiled workly.

Using Visual Studio

1. Install Visual Studio:

   • If you haven't already, download and install Visual Studio from the official website.
   • During installation, make sure you include the Desktop development with C++ workload to get the necessary tools for compiling C applications.

2. Create a New Project:

   • Open Visual Studio.
   • Select File > New > Project from the menu.
   • Choose Empty Project under the C++ category (don't worry about C++, it's just the category).
   • Set the project name (e.g., EmptyWindow) and choose the location where you'd like to save it. Click Create.

3. Add Source Files:

   • In the Solution Explorer, right-click on Source Files and select Add > Existing Item.
   • Navigate to the folder where you have your main.c and window.c files, and add them to your project.

4. Set the Subsystem to Windows:

   • By default, Visual Studio might set the subsystem to Console. Since this is a Windows GUI application, you need to change the subsystem to Windows.
   • Right-click your project in Solution Explorer and select Properties.
   • In the Properties window, go to Configuration Properties > Linker > System.
   • Under SubSystem, change it to Windows (not Console).
   • Click Apply and then OK to close the properties window.

5. Build the Project:

   • Press Ctrl + Shift + B or go to the menu and select Build > Build Solution.
   • Visual Studio will compile the source code and link the necessary libraries.
   • If everything is set up correctly, the output will be displayed in the Output window.

6. Run the Program:

   • After building the project, press Ctrl + F5 or go to Debug > Start Without Debugging to run the program.
   • A window should appear with a white background and no title (just like the intended output).

   Note: If you run into issues with the program not launching, make sure the project is set to use the correct subsystem (Windows) as described above.

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Additional Notes:

• The project will use the default libraries required for Windows GUI applications (gdi32 and user32), so no additional library linking is necessary beyond the default Visual Studio setup.
• If you want to modify the window's size, background color, or title, simply edit the settings.h file to adjust the values.