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"Adrien Plisson" <aplisson-news@stochastique.net> wrote in message 
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> 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)