CWinApp::m_hInstance
Visual Studio 2012
Corresponds to the hInstance parameter passed by Windows to WinMain.
HINSTANCE m_hInstance;
The m_hInstance data member is a handle to the current instance of the application running under Windows. This is returned by the global function AfxGetInstanceHandle. m_hInstance is a public variable of type HINSTANCE.
// Typically you do not need to pass the application's hInstance // to Windows APIs directly because there are equivalent MFC // member functions that pass the hInstance for you. The following // example is not typical: HCURSOR hCursor; hCursor = ::LoadCursor(AfxGetApp()->m_hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MYCURSOR)); // A more direct way to get the application's hInstance is to // call AfxGetInstanceHandle: hCursor = ::LoadCursor(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MYCURSOR)); // If you need the hInstance to load a resource, it is better // to call AfxGetResourceHandle instead of AfxGetInstanceHandle: hCursor = ::LoadCursor(AfxGetResourceHandle(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MYCURSOR)); // A better way to load the cursor resource is to call // CWinApp::LoadCursor hCursor = AfxGetApp()->LoadCursor(IDC_MYCURSOR);
