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Started by EVE September 10, 2011 10:38 PM

1 comment, last by Serapth 12 years, 7 months ago

EVE

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September 10, 2011 10:38 PM

Hello.

Has loaded its own DLL into another process, so I have a variable: HINSTANCE.

I need to get the HWND (Window Handle).

How can I get it, knowing HINSTANCE?

Thank you and best regards.

21st Century Moose

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September 10, 2011 10:57 PM

There's no direct relationship between one and the other. A given HINSTANCE can use multiple HWNDs and the API has no way of knowing which one you intend. The best way is to write a getter function that returns the HWND you want.

Direct3D has need of instancing, but we do not. We have plenty of glVertexAttrib calls.

Serapth

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September 10, 2011 11:15 PM

Our EnumWindows. This StackOverflow answer is probably as close as you can get to an answer. As mhagain said, there is not a 1 to 1 relationship.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3269390/how-to-get-hwnd-of-window-opened-by-shellexecuteex-hprocess/3269432#3269432

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