FindWindow

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2 total messages Started by Andy Deitsch Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:02

#2396

Author: Andy Deitsch
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:02

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I am trying to get the handle of an MDIChild window from a sibling
MDIChild window.  When I use FindWindow I get a NULL returned which
seems to mean that the window was not found.  I have tried using
NULL for the caption only passing the class name and also the other
way around (NULL for class name, passing in the caption).

Anyone have any hints?

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Re: FindWindow

#2411

Author: Tom W. Brown
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:29

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In article <1993Jan28.140241.29976@crd.ge.com>, deitsch@sol.crd.ge.com (Andy Deitsch) writes:
|> I am trying to get the handle of an MDIChild window from a sibling
|> MDIChild window.  When I use FindWindow I get a NULL returned which
|> seems to mean that the window was not found.  I have tried using
|> NULL for the caption only passing the class name and also the other
|> way around (NULL for class name, passing in the caption).

From the reference manual:

  The FindWindow function retrieves the handle of the window whose
  class name and window name match the specified strings.  The
  function does not search child windows.

So, you ask, how does one find the handle of a sibling child window
then?  The answer is in the GetWindow() function.


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