What is hWnd

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CASO (Posted 2006) [#1]

I am pretty experienced but I have absolutely no idea what hWnd is. Please Help.

Amanda Dearheart (Posted 2006) [#2]

If your using Windows, its the API call for a window. It stands for (h) handle (Wnd) Window. Its the standard call all other commands use to gain access to a window.

WolRon (Posted 2006) [#3]

Microsoft likes to prefix their variables with the lowercase letter h to represent a 'handle' to that object. For instance, an hDC is a handle to a device context. If you've done any programming using the Windows API, you will encounter many such syntactical conventions. You can reference any given window through its hWnd handle. Here's a link to a previous post about communicating with external windows. http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=32315

CASO (Posted 2006) [#4]

Thank You Both so much. Does that mean to some extent my program can control other windows?

WolRon (Posted 2006) [#5]

If you use the Windows API, yes, to some extent.

CASO (Posted 2006) [#6]

How do you get the API ?

WolRon (Posted 2006) [#7]

You have to use userlibs. Do a search on this site for userlibs and .decl files.

CASO (Posted 2006) [#8]

Could You Possibly help me with my problem? It's in the bug reports.