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Add "-noborder" launch argument for borderless windowed mode #327

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Adds a "-noborder" launch argument for borderless windowed mode
ShizCalev Mar 3, 2025
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
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HINSTANCE ApplicationHInstance = NULL; ///< our application instance
HWND ApplicationHWnd = NULL; ///< our application window handle
Bool ApplicationIsWindowed = false;
Bool ApplicationIsBorderless = false; // TheSuperHackers @feature @ShizCalev 04/04/2025 - Borderless Windowed support
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Win32Mouse *TheWin32Mouse= NULL; ///< for the WndProc() only
DWORD TheMessageTime = 0; ///< For getting the time that a message was posted from Windows.

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// Create our main window
windowStyle = WS_POPUP|WS_VISIBLE;
if (runWindowed)
windowStyle |= WS_DLGFRAME | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU;
if(!ApplicationIsBorderless)
windowStyle |= WS_DLGFRAME | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU;
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No WS_SYSMENU when ApplicationIsBorderless ? Fullscreen has WS_SYSMENU.

else
windowStyle |= WS_EX_TOPMOST | WS_SYSMENU;

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//added a preparse step for this flag because it affects window creation style
if (stricmp(token,"-win")==0)
ApplicationIsWindowed=true;
if(stricmp(token,"-noborder")==0)
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ApplicationIsBorderless=true;
token = nextParam(NULL, "\" ");
}

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
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HINSTANCE ApplicationHInstance = NULL; ///< our application instance
HWND ApplicationHWnd = NULL; ///< our application window handle
Bool ApplicationIsWindowed = false;
Bool ApplicationIsBorderless = false; // TheSuperHackers @feature @ShizCalev 04/04/2025 - Borderless Windowed support
Win32Mouse *TheWin32Mouse= NULL; ///< for the WndProc() only
DWORD TheMessageTime = 0; ///< For getting the time that a message was posted from Windows.

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// Create our main window
windowStyle = WS_POPUP|WS_VISIBLE;
if (runWindowed)
windowStyle |= WS_DLGFRAME | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU;
if(!ApplicationIsBorderless)
windowStyle |= WS_DLGFRAME | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU;
else
windowStyle |= WS_EX_TOPMOST | WS_SYSMENU;

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//added a preparse step for this flag because it affects window creation style
if (stricmp(token,"-win")==0)
ApplicationIsWindowed=true;
if(stricmp(token,"-noborder")==0)
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Can we add this in CommandLine.cpp as well, just as a dummy or comment? Reason being that if someone wants to know which options are available, that is the place to look.

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Just a side note: I think it would be neat to implement a logging that prints out all possible arguments when launching it on the command line. In some future change.

ApplicationIsBorderless=true;
token = nextParam(NULL, "\" ");
}

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