How to Make A (Mp3 Player) Ingame Menu?

Question

I want to make an ingame menu. When you open a game a menu will pop up with a hotkey. I don't need you to do the work for me I just need a sample of a ingame menu with a hot toggle (ie: the menu doesnt need an interface, a black square that pops up with key). Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

For windows Application, use Menustrip or ContextMenu

kaymaf

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Answer 2

I need a ingame menu I know the basics.

 Well, for Windows Application, that was the only options unless you create your own menu. You may also consider game forum (DirectX or XNA ) http://forums.xna.com

kaymaf

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Answer 3

I need to make a D3D ingame menu...Does anyone have any sample projects?

Answer 4

Hi Tj

Do you wan to implement the Splash screens effect in your project, Splash screens are often used to display information to a user while an application is loading. Visual Basic provides a preconfigured Splash Screen form template that you can add to your Windows Application project, and a Splash Screen property in the Project Designer that allows you to specify a splash screen for your project.


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfkbc5a3(VS.80).aspx

To add a splash screen template

1. Select a project in Solution Explorer, and then on the Project menu, click Add New Item.

2. In the Add New Item dialog box, select the Splash Screen template, and then click Add. The template is added to your project.

To specify a splash screen

1. Select a project in Solution Explorer, and then on the Project menu, click Properties.

2. Click the Application tab.

3. Under Windows application framework properties, in the Splash screen: list, click the form that you want to use as a splash screen.
   
   
   Well, you could make a sub routine in your splash screen form's class, that displays the message box.  That would ensure the message box is "owned" by the splash screen, so that it shows as a dialog in front of splash screen. Of course you might have to make a delegate sub to call it from, if your other code runs in a different thread than the splash screen form.Something like:

Public Class SplashForm

Sub DisplayMessage(byval Msg as string)

 Messagebox.Show(Msg)

End Sub 
End Class

Module LoadModule

' This assumes you have a shared

' Instance of splashform named "MySplashForm".

Try

  ' Work that can cause exception.

Catch ex as exception

  If Not Mysplashform.IsDisposed Then

    MySplashForm.DisplayMessage(ex.tostring)

  End If

End Try

End Module

Other reference:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/1103d880-de95-46d0-bcc4-5e14c3f2b127



Best wishes
Xingwei Hu

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Answer 5

Hi Tj

Do you wan to implement the Splash screens effect in your project, Splash screens are often used to display information to a user while an application is loading. Visual Basic provides a preconfigured Splash Screen form template that you can add to your Windows Application project, and a Splash Screen property in the Project Designer that allows you to specify a splash screen for your project.


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfkbc5a3(VS.80).aspx

To add a splash screen template

1. Select a project in Solution Explorer , and then on the Project menu, click Add New Item .

2. In the Add New Item dialog box, select the Splash Screen template, and then click Add . The template is added to your project.

To specify a splash screen

1. Select a project in Solution Explorer , and then on the Project menu, click Properties .

2. Click the Application tab.

3. Under Windows application framework properties , in the Splash screen: list, click the form that you want to use as a splash screen.
   
   
   Well, you could make a sub routine in your splash screen form's class, that displays the message box.  That would ensure the message box is "owned" by the splash screen, so that it shows as a dialog in front of splash screen. Of course you might have to make a delegate sub to call it from, if your other code runs in a different thread than the splash screen form.Something like:

Public
 Class
 SplashForm

Sub
 DisplayMessage(byval
 Msg as
 string
)

 Messagebox.Show(Msg)

End
 Sub
 
End
 Class


Module
 LoadModule

' This assumes you have a shared


' Instance of splashform named "MySplashForm".


Try


  ' Work that can cause exception.


Catch
 ex as
 exception

  If
 Not
 Mysplashform.IsDisposed Then


    MySplashForm.DisplayMessage(ex.tostring)

  End
 If


End
 Try


End
 Module

Other reference:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/1103d880-de95-46d0-bcc4-5e14c3f2b127



Best wishes
Xingwei Hu

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Read the thread I'm not asking for for a simple splash screen.

Answer 6

Hi everyone,

I tried doing this and created a hook so that every-time I hit the 'Home' key on the keyboard, a windows form would load allowing me to pick a song.
Unfortunately although this works when you are on the desktop or using a web-browser, the form's 'Top-Most' property even when set to true , has no effect with Direct X games.

My form never appears above the game window and after searching on the subject I could never work out how to fix this.
People suggested that you manually 'draw' on the screen although I have no knowledge on the subject.

I hope this helps somewhat, and at the very least, if your trying to get your program to appear above a game like 'Halo: Combat Evolved', 'Call of Duty' or anything that is using Direct X , you can't use Windows Forms.

:-(

DJ PIP