API -> FindWindowEx [ Library : user32.dll, Category :

FindWindowEx

Library : user32.dll Category : _CategoryNotSet

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API Description :

The FindWindowEx function retrieves the handle to a window whose class name and window name match the specified strings. The function searches child windows, beginning with the one following the given child window.

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVaL hWnd1 As Long, ByVaL hWnd2 As Long, ByVaL lpsz1 As String, ByVaL lpsz2 As String) As Long

Parameters :

· hwndParent
Identifies the parent window whose child windows are to be searched.
If hwndParent is NULL, the function uses the desktop window as the parent window. The function searches among windows that are child windows of the desktop.

· hwndChild

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the window that has the specified class and window names. 

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 4.0 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

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