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Fix "does" typo in "Walkthrough: Create a traditional Windows desktop…
Rageking8 Jul 24, 2025
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Replace "length" with "height" in "Walkthrough: Create a traditional …
Rageking8 Jul 24, 2025
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Fix outdated mentions of `CreateWindow` in "Walkthrough: Create a tra…
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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions docs/windows/walkthrough-creating-windows-desktop-applications-cpp.md
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Expand Up @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Next, learn how to create the code for a Windows desktop application in Visual S
// szTitle: the text that appears in the title bar
// WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW: the type of window to create
// CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT: initial position (x, y)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, length)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, height)
// NULL: the parent of this window
// NULL: this application does not have a menu bar
// hInstance: the first parameter from WinMain
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Next, learn how to create the code for a Windows desktop application in Visual S

```cpp
// The parameters to ShowWindow explained:
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindow
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindowEx
// nCmdShow: the fourth parameter from WinMain
ShowWindow(hWnd,
nCmdShow);
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// szTitle: the text that appears in the title bar
// WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW: the type of window to create
// CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT: initial position (x, y)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, length)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, height)
// NULL: the parent of this window
// NULL: this application dows not have a menu bar
// NULL: this application does not have a menu bar
// hInstance: the first parameter from WinMain
// NULL: not used in this application
HWND hWnd = CreateWindowEx(
Expand All @@ -335,15 +335,15 @@ Next, learn how to create the code for a Windows desktop application in Visual S
if (!hWnd)
{
MessageBox(NULL,
_T("Call to CreateWindow failed!"),
_T("Call to CreateWindowEx failed!"),
_T("Windows Desktop Guided Tour"),
NULL);

return 1;
}

// The parameters to ShowWindow explained:
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindow
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindowEx
// nCmdShow: the fourth parameter from WinMain
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ As promised, the complete code for the working application follows.
// szTitle: the text that appears in the title bar
// WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW: the type of window to create
// CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT: initial position (x, y)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, length)
// 500, 100: initial size (width, height)
// NULL: the parent of this window
// NULL: this application does not have a menu bar
// hInstance: the first parameter from WinMain
Expand All @@ -522,15 +522,15 @@ As promised, the complete code for the working application follows.
if (!hWnd)
{
MessageBox(NULL,
_T("Call to CreateWindow failed!"),
_T("Call to CreateWindowEx failed!"),
_T("Windows Desktop Guided Tour"),
NULL);

return 1;
}

// The parameters to ShowWindow explained:
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindow
// hWnd: the value returned from CreateWindowEx
// nCmdShow: the fourth parameter from WinMain
ShowWindow(hWnd,
nCmdShow);
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