SFML pass renderwindow - c++

Question

Im trying to make a game with the SFML.
I'm making a sf::RenderWindow but when I try to pass the window to another class
it fails. I can't access the window. Because I think it's good to make a separate
class for handling events like 'close the window' etc. but then I can't access it. How
can I fix this?
RenderWindow *window;
window = new RenderWindow(VideoMode(768, 614), "Tower Defence ver 2.0");

Answer 1

Create yourself a header file and define your function like so
Header file
#pragma once
#include "SFML/Graphics.hpp"
class MyClass
{
public:
sf::Sprite Sprite;
MyClass();
void Setup(sf::Texture& texture);
void Draw(sf::RenderWindow& window);
};
Cpp file
#include "Bullet.h"
MyClass::MyClass()
{
}
void MyClass::Setup(sf::Texture& texture)
{
Sprite.setTexture(texture);
Sprite.setPosition(0, 0);
}
void MyClass::Draw(sf::RenderWindow& window)
{
window.draw(Sprite);
}
Then in your game loop for drawing you can call something like this
// myClass is an object of type MyClass
// renderWindow is your sf::RenderWindow object
myClass.Draw(renderWindow);
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need any more guidance.

Answer 2

RenderWindow is in a namespace 'sf'
Maybe you have somewhere "using namespace sf;" and it's missing in other places.
Try prefixing it with sf::RenderWindow everywhere.

Answer 3

Which version of SFML are you using? This is not possible in SFML 1.6, but is in SFML 2.0 (upcoming version).

Answer 4

try this
class Foo
{
public:
Foo(sf::RenderWindow& ptrwindow)
: ptrwindow(ptrwindow)
{
// your code here
};
sf::RenderWindow* window()
{
return &this->ptrwindow;
}
private:
sf::RenderWindow ptrwindow;
};
int main()
{
sf::RenderWindow* mywindow = new sf::RenderWindow()
Foo myfoo(*mywindow);
myfoo.window()->create(sf::VideoMode(768, 614), "Tower Defence ver 2.0")
}