Question

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#include<Windows.h>
#include<process.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,UINT message,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam);
HWND hwnd;
int clientx,clienty;
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,PSTR szCmdLine,int iCmdShow)
{
    static TCHAR szAppName[]=TEXT("hello");
    MSG msg;
    WNDCLASS wndclass;

    wndclass.style=CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW;
    wndclass.hInstance=hInstance;
    wndclass.cbClsExtra=0;
    wndclass.cbWndExtra=0;
    wndclass.hbrBackground=(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
    wndclass.hCursor=LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);
    wndclass.hIcon=LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);
    wndclass.lpfnWndProc=WndProc;
    wndclass.lpszClassName=szAppName;
    wndclass.lpszMenuName=NULL;

    if(!RegisterClass(&wndclass))
    {
        MessageBox(NULL,TEXT("this program requires windows NT"),TEXT("wrong"),MB_ICONERROR);
        return 0;
    }
    hwnd=CreateWindow(szAppName,TEXT("random rectangles"),
        WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
        100,100,800,600,
        NULL,NULL,hInstance,NULL);
    ShowWindow(hwnd,iCmdShow);
    UpdateWindow(hwnd);
    while(GetMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0))
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }
    return msg.wParam;
}

VOID Thread(PVOID pvoid)
{
    HBRUSH hbrush;
    HDC hdc;
    int xleft,xright,ytop,ybottom,ired,igreen,iblue;
    while(TRUE)
    {
        if(clientx!=0||clienty!=0)
        {
            xleft=rand()%clientx;
            xright=rand()%clientx;
            ytop=rand()%clienty;
            ybottom=rand()%clienty;
            ired=rand()%255;
            igreen=rand()%255;
            iblue=rand()%255;

            hdc=GetDC(hwnd);
            hbrush=CreateSolidBrush(RGB(ired,igreen,iblue));
            SelectObject(hdc,hbrush);

            Rectangle(hdc,min(xleft,xright),min(ytop,ybottom),max(xleft,xright),max(ytop,ybottom));
            ReleaseDC(hwnd,hdc);
            DeleteObject(hbrush);
        }
    }//while
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,UINT message,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(message)
    {
    case WM_CREATE:
        _beginthread(Thread,0,NULL);
        return 0;
    case WM_SIZE:
        clientx=LOWORD(lParam);
        clienty=HIWORD(lParam);
        return 0;
    case WM_DESTROY:
        PostQuitMessage(0);
        return 0;
    }
    return DefWindowProc(hwnd,message,wParam,lParam);
}
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I do not know how the variable clientx and clienty at the top of the program get their value s when the program runs…Because I didn’t see any value assignments in the program ….I used to debug it in my visual studio 2010, when it ran to “ShowWindow(hwnd,iCmdShow);”in the WinMain(),the clientx and clienty got their values (735 and 654 random…).But before that the clientx and clienty both were “0”. I was confused~~ Thanks a lot~~~ 🙂

Answer 1

I think you are asking why clientx and clienty both have value zero when they are not explicitly initialised to zero.

A global variable, as clientx and clienty, has static storage duration. If a variable with static storage duration is not explicitly initialised (from section 6.7.8 Initialization of C99 standard):

• if it has pointer type, it is initialized to a null pointer;
• if it has arithmetic type, it is initialized to (positive or unsigned) zero;
• if it is an aggregate, every member is initialized (recursively) according to these rules;
• if it is a union, the first named member is initialized (recursively) according to these
  rules.