Created initial Win32 application with message loop.

DirectX11Project/DirectX11Project.vcxproj

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">

DirectX11Project/DirectX11Project.vcxproj.filters

@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@
       <Extensions>rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav;mfcribbon-ms</Extensions>
     </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

DirectX11Project/main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+
+LPCTSTR WndClassName = L"firstwindow"; // window class name
+HWND hwnd = NULL; // window handler
+
+const int Width = 800; // define width of window
+const int Height = 600; // define height of window
+
+bool InitializeWindow(HINSTANCE hInstance,
+	int ShowWnd,
+	int width, int height,
+	bool windowed);
+
+int messageloop();
+
+LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd,
+	UINT msg,
+	WPARAM wParam,
+	LPARAM lParam);
+
+int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,    //Main windows function
+	HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
+	LPSTR lpCmdLine,
+	int nShowCmd)
+{
+	if (!InitializeWindow(hInstance, nShowCmd, Width, Height, true))
+	{
+		MessageBox(0, L"Window Initialization - Failed",
+			L"Error", MB_OK);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	messageloop();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+int ShowWnd - How the window should be displayed.Some common commands are SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED, SW_SHOW, SW_SHOWMINIMIZED.
+
+int width - Width of the window in pixels
+
+int height - Height of the window in pixels
+
+bool windowed - False if the window is fullscreen and true if the window is windowed
+*/
+
+bool InitializeWindow(HINSTANCE hInstance,
+	int ShowWnd,
+	int width, int height,
+	bool windowed)
+{
+	WNDCLASSEX wc;
+
+	wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
+	wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
+	wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
+	wc.cbClsExtra = NULL;
+	wc.cbWndExtra = NULL;
+	wc.hInstance = hInstance;
+	wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
+	wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
+	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 2);
+	wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
+	wc.lpszClassName = WndClassName;
+	wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
+
+	if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
+	{
+		MessageBox(NULL, L"Error registering class",
+			L"Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	hwnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL,
+		WndClassName,
+		L"Project",
+		WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
+		CW_USEDEFAULT,
+		CW_USEDEFAULT,
+		width,
+		height,
+		NULL,
+		NULL,
+		hInstance,
+		NULL
+	);
+
+	if (!hwnd)
+	{
+		MessageBox(NULL, L"Error creating window",
+			L"Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	ShowWindow(hwnd, ShowWnd);
+	UpdateWindow(hwnd);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+int messageloop() {
+	MSG msg;
+	ZeroMemory(&msg, sizeof(MSG));
+
+	while (true) // while a message
+	{
+		/*
+		LPMSG lpMsg - This is the pointer to a our message structure
+
+		HWND hWnd - This is the handle to the window that is sending the message.If this is set to null, it will get messages from any window in the current program.
+
+		UINT wMsgFilterMin - Specifies the value of the first message in the range of messages to be examined.If wMsgFilterMin and wMsgFilterMax are both set to zero, PeekMessage will examine all messages.
+
+		UINT wMsgFilterMax - Specifies the value of the last message in the range of messages to be examined.
+
+		UINT wRemoveMsg - This specifies how the message will be handled.We set to PM_REMOVE so the message will be deleted after we read it.
+		*/
+		if (PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
+		{
+			if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) // close if quit message
+				break;
+
+			TranslateMessage(&msg);
+			DispatchMessage(&msg);
+		}
+		else {
+			// run game code
+		}
+	}
+	return msg.wParam;
+}
+
+// Message Processing
+LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,
+	UINT msg,
+	WPARAM wParam,
+	LPARAM lParam)
+{
+	switch (msg)
+	{
+	case WM_KEYDOWN:
+		if (wParam == VK_ESCAPE) {
+			if (MessageBox(0, L"Are you sure you want to exit?",
+				L"Really?", MB_YESNO | MB_ICONQUESTION) == IDYES)
+				DestroyWindow(hwnd);
+		}
+		return 0;
+
+	case WM_DESTROY:
+		PostQuitMessage(0);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	// default windows procedure function. We call this at the end to take care of 
+	// all the messages we recieve but don't take care of ourselves.
+	return DefWindowProc(hwnd,
+		msg,
+		wParam,
+		lParam);
+}