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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: HWND of the console
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:07:02 -0700
Date: 2005-06-25T18:07:02-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BKGdnVwW0pf9YiDfRVn-sw@comcast.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 42bd0802$0$24266$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be

"Adrien Plisson" <aplisson-news@stochastique.net> wrote in message 
news:42bd0802$0$24266$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> Steve wrote:
>> WinBase.GetStdHandle( WinBase.STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE )
>
> this does not return a WINDOW handle (HWND) but a DEVICE handle. the 
> return value of this function cannot be used in function taking a HWND as 
> a parameter.
>
> -- 
> rien
>

Then try "GetConsoleWindow" defined in Kernel32.lib.

Requires W2K or XP.

In the SDK documentation:

  HWND GetConsoleWindow(void);

The GetConsoleWindow function retrieves the window handle used by the 
console associated with the calling process.

Steve
(The Duck) 





      reply	other threads:[~2005-06-26  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-24 13:56 HWND of the console Sylvain
2005-06-24 14:25 ` Adrien Plisson
2005-06-25  1:46 ` Steve
2005-06-25  7:32   ` Adrien Plisson
2005-06-26  1:07     ` Steve [this message]
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