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C++ Windows Programming

You're reading from   C++ Windows Programming Develop real-world applications in Windows.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464224
Length 588 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello, Small World! 3. Building a Tetris Application 4. Working with Shapes and Figures 5. The Figure Hierarchy 6. Building a Word Processor 7. Keyboard Input and Character Calculation 8. Building a Spreadsheet Application 9. Formula Interpretation 10. The Framework 11. The Document 12. The Auxiliary Classes 13. The Registry, Clipboard, Standard Dialogs, and Print Preview 14. Dialogs, Controls, and Page Setup A. Rational and Complex Numbers

The TetrisFigure class

In this application, there is the root figure class and one subclass for each type of falling figure. All figures can be moved sideways or rotated as a response to the user's requests. They are also moved downward by the timer.

There are seven figures, one for each color: red, brown, turquoise, green, yellow, blue, and purple. Each of them also has a unique shape. However, they all contain four squares. They can further be divided into three groups based on their ability to rotate. The red figure is the simplest one. It is a square and does not rotate at all. The brown, turquoise, and green figure can be rotated in vertical and horizontal directions, while the yellow, blue, and purple figures can be rotated in north, east, south, and west directions. For the red figure, it does not really matter since it does not rotate.

The row and col fields of the TetrisFigure class hold the center of the figure, which is marked by a cross in the illustrations of this section...

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