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CWnd Class

CWnd::accDoDefaultAction

CWnd::accHitTest

CWnd::accLocation

CWnd::accNavigate

CWnd::accSelect

CWnd::AnimateWindow

CWnd::ArrangeIconicWindows

CWnd::Attach

CWnd::BeginModalState

CWnd::BeginPaint

CWnd::BindDefaultProperty

CWnd::BindProperty

CWnd::BringWindowToTop

CWnd::CalcWindowRect

CWnd::CancelToolTips

CWnd::CenterWindow

CWnd::ChangeClipboardChain

CWnd::CheckDlgButton

CWnd::CheckRadioButton

CWnd::ChildWindowFromPoint

CWnd::ClientToScreen

CWnd::CloseWindow

CWnd::ContinueModal

CWnd::Create

CWnd::CreateAccessibleProxy

CWnd::CreateCaret

CWnd::CreateControl

CWnd::CreateGrayCaret

CWnd::CreateSolidCaret

CWnd::CWnd

CWnd::Default

CWnd::DefWindowProc

CWnd::DeleteTempMap

CWnd::DestroyWindow

CWnd::Detach

CWnd::DlgDirList

CWnd::DlgDirListComboBox

CWnd::DlgDirSelect

CWnd::DlgDirSelectComboBox

CWnd::DoDataExchange

CWnd::DragAcceptFiles

CWnd::DragDetect

CWnd::DrawAnimatedRects

CWnd::DrawCaption

CWnd::DrawMenuBar

CWnd::EnableActiveAccessibility

CWnd::EnableD2DSupport

CWnd::EnableScrollBar

CWnd::EnableScrollBarCtrl

CWnd::EnableToolTips

CWnd::EnableTrackingToolTips

CWnd::EnableWindow

CWnd::EndModalLoop

CWnd::EndModalState

CWnd::ExecuteDlgInit

CWnd::FilterToolTipMessage

CWnd::FindWindow

CWnd::FindWindowEx

CWnd::FlashWindow

CWnd::FlashWindowEx

CWnd::FromHandle

CWnd::FromHandlePermanent

CWnd::get_accChild

CWnd::get_accChildCount

CWnd::get_accDefaultAction

CWnd::get_accDescription

CWnd::get_accFocus

CWnd::get_accHelp

CWnd::get_accHelpTopic

CWnd::get_accKeyboardShortcut

CWnd::get_accName

CWnd::get_accParent

CWnd::get_accRole

CWnd::get_accSelection

CWnd::get_accState

CWnd::get_accValue

CWnd::GetActiveWindow

CWnd::GetAncestor

CWnd::GetCapture

CWnd::GetCaretPos

CWnd::GetCheckedRadioButton

CWnd::GetClientRect

CWnd::GetClipboardOwner

CWnd::GetClipboardViewer

CWnd::GetControlUnknown

CWnd::GetCurrentMessage

CWnd::GetDC

CWnd::GetDCEx

CWnd::GetDescendantWindow

CWnd::GetDesktopWindow

CWnd::GetDlgCtrlID

CWnd::GetDlgItem

CWnd::GetDlgItemInt

CWnd::GetDlgItemText

CWnd::GetDSCCursor

CWnd::GetExStyle

CWnd::GetFont

CWnd::GetForegroundWindow

CWnd::GetIcon

CWnd::GetLastActivePopup

CWnd::GetLayeredWindowAttributes

CWnd::GetMenu

CWnd::GetMenuBarInfo

CWnd::GetNextDlgGroupItem

CWnd::GetNextDlgTabItem

CWnd::GetNextWindow

CWnd::GetOleControlSite

CWnd::GetOpenClipboardWindow

CWnd::GetParent

CWnd::GetParentFrame

CWnd::GetParentOwner

CWnd::GetProperty

CWnd::GetRenderTarget

CWnd::GetSafeHwnd

CWnd::GetSafeOwner

CWnd::GetScrollBarCtrl

CWnd::GetScrollBarInfo

CWnd::GetScrollInfo

CWnd::GetScrollLimit

CWnd::GetScrollPos

CWnd::GetScrollRange

CWnd::GetSystemMenu

CWnd::GetTitleBarInfo

CWnd::GetTopLevelFrame

CWnd::GetTopLevelOwner

CWnd::GetTopLevelParent

CWnd::GetTopWindow

CWnd::GetUpdateRect

CWnd::GetUpdateRgn

CWnd::GetWindow

CWnd::GetWindowContextHelpId

CWnd::GetWindowedChildCount

CWnd::GetWindowDC

CWnd::GetWindowInfo

CWnd::GetWindowlessChildCount

CWnd::GetWindowPlacement

CWnd::GetWindowRect

CWnd::GetWindowRgn

CWnd::GetWindowText

CWnd::GetWindowTextLength

CWnd::HideCaret

CWnd::HiliteMenuItem

CWnd::Invalidate

CWnd::InvalidateRect

CWnd::InvalidateRgn

CWnd::InvokeHelper

CWnd::IsChild

CWnd::IsD2DSupportEnabled

CWnd::IsDialogMessage

CWnd::IsDlgButtonChecked

CWnd::IsTouchWindow

CWnd::IsWindowEnabled

CWnd::IsWindowVisible

CWnd::KillTimer

CWnd::LockWindowUpdate

CWnd::m_hWnd

CWnd::MapWindowPoints

CWnd::MessageBox

CWnd::ModifyStyle

CWnd::ModifyStyleEx

CWnd::MoveWindow

CWnd::NotifyWinEvent

CWnd::OnActivate

CWnd::OnActivateApp

CWnd::OnAmbientProperty

CWnd::OnAppCommand

CWnd::OnAskCbFormatName

CWnd::OnCancelMode

CWnd::OnCaptureChanged

CWnd::OnChangeCbChain

CWnd::OnChangeUIState

CWnd::OnChar

CWnd::OnCharToItem

CWnd::OnChildActivate

CWnd::OnChildNotify

CWnd::OnClipboardUpdate

CWnd::OnClose

CWnd::OnColorizationColorChanged

CWnd::OnCommand

CWnd::OnCompacting

CWnd::OnCompareItem

CWnd::OnCompositionChanged

CWnd::OnContextMenu

CWnd::OnCopyData

CWnd::OnCtlColor

CWnd::OnDeadChar

CWnd::OnDeleteItem

CWnd::OnDestroy

CWnd::OnDestroyClipboard

CWnd::OnDeviceChange

CWnd::OnDevModeChange

CWnd::OnDrawClipboard

CWnd::OnDrawIconicThumbnailOrLivePreview

CWnd::OnDrawItem

CWnd::OnDropFiles

CWnd::OnEndSession

CWnd::OnEnterIdle

CWnd::OnEnterMenuLoop

CWnd::OnEnterSizeMove

CWnd::OnEraseBkgnd

CWnd::OnExitMenuLoop

CWnd::OnExitSizeMove

CWnd::OnFontChange

CWnd::OnGetDlgCode

CWnd::OnGetMinMaxInfo

CWnd::OnHelp

CWnd::OnHelpFinder

CWnd::OnHelpIndex

CWnd::OnHelpInfo

CWnd::OnHelpUsing

CWnd::OnHScroll

CWnd::OnHScrollClipboard

CWnd::OnIconEraseBkgnd

CWnd::OnInitMenu

CWnd::OnInitMenuPopup

CWnd::OnInputDeviceChange

CWnd::OnInputLangChange

CWnd::OnInputLangChangeRequest

CWnd::OnKeyDown

CWnd::OnKeyUp

CWnd::OnKillFocus

CWnd::OnLButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnLButtonDown

CWnd::OnLButtonUp

CWnd::OnMButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnMButtonDown

CWnd::OnMButtonUp

CWnd::OnMDIActivate

CWnd::OnMeasureItem

CWnd::OnMenuChar

CWnd::OnMenuDrag

CWnd::OnMenuGetObject

CWnd::OnMenuRButtonUp

CWnd::OnMenuSelect

CWnd::OnMouseActivate

CWnd::OnMouseHover

CWnd::OnMouseHWheel

CWnd::OnMouseLeave

CWnd::OnMouseMove

CWnd::OnMouseWheel

CWnd::OnMove

CWnd::OnNcActivate

CWnd::OnNcCalcSize

CWnd::OnNcCreate

CWnd::OnNcDestroy

CWnd::OnNcHitTest

CWnd::OnNcLButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnNcLButtonDown

CWnd::OnNcLButtonUp

CWnd::OnNcMButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnNcMButtonDown

CWnd::OnNcMButtonUp

CWnd::OnNcMouseHover

CWnd::OnNcMouseLeave

CWnd::OnNcMouseMove

CWnd::OnNcPaint

CWnd::OnNcRButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnNcRButtonDown

CWnd::OnNcRButtonUp

CWnd::OnNcRenderingChanged

CWnd::OnNcXButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnNcXButtonDown

CWnd::OnNcXButtonUp

CWnd::OnNextMenu

CWnd::OnNotifyFormat

CWnd::OnPaint

CWnd::OnPaintClipboard

CWnd::OnPaletteChanged

CWnd::OnPaletteIsChanging

CWnd::OnParentNotify

CWnd::OnPowerBroadcast

CWnd::OnQueryDragIcon

CWnd::OnQueryEndSession

CWnd::OnQueryNewPalette

CWnd::OnQueryOpen

CWnd::OnQueryUIState

CWnd::OnRawInput

CWnd::OnRButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnRButtonDown

CWnd::OnRButtonUp

CWnd::OnRegisteredMouseWheel

CWnd::OnRenderAllFormats

CWnd::OnRenderFormat

CWnd::OnSessionChange

CWnd::OnSetCursor

CWnd::OnSetFocus

CWnd::OnSettingChange

CWnd::OnShowWindow

CWnd::OnSize

CWnd::OnSizeClipboard

CWnd::OnSpoolerStatus

CWnd::OnStyleChanged

CWnd::OnStyleChanging

CWnd::OnSysChar

CWnd::OnSysColorChange

CWnd::OnSysCommand

CWnd::OnSysDeadChar

CWnd::OnSysKeyDown

CWnd::OnSysKeyUp

CWnd::OnTCard

CWnd::OnTimeChange

CWnd::OnTimer

CWnd::OnToolHitTest

CWnd::OnTouchInput

CWnd::OnTouchInputs

CWnd::OnUniChar

CWnd::OnUnInitMenuPopup

CWnd::OnUpdateUIState

CWnd::OnUserChanged

CWnd::OnVKeyToItem

CWnd::OnVScroll

CWnd::OnVScrollClipboard

CWnd::OnWindowMaximizedChanged

CWnd::OnWindowPosChanged

CWnd::OnWindowPosChanging

CWnd::OnWinIniChange

CWnd::OnXButtonDblClk

CWnd::OnXButtonDown

CWnd::OnXButtonUp

CWnd::OpenClipboard

CWnd::operator HWND

CWnd::operator !=

CWnd::operator ==

CWnd::PaintWindowlessControls

CWnd::PostMessage

CWnd::PostNcDestroy

CWnd::PreCreateWindow

CWnd::PreSubclassWindow

CWnd::PreTranslateMessage

CWnd::Print

CWnd::PrintClient

CWnd::PrintWindow

CWnd::RedrawWindow

CWnd::ReflectChildNotify

CWnd::ReflectLastMsg

CWnd::ReleaseDC

CWnd::RepositionBars

CWnd::RunModalLoop

CWnd::ScreenToClient

CWnd::ScrollWindow

CWnd::ScrollWindowEx

CWnd::SendChildNotifyLastMsg

CWnd::SendDlgItemMessage

CWnd::SendMessage

CWnd::SendMessageToDescendants

CWnd::SendNotifyMessage

CWnd::SetActiveWindow

CWnd::SetCapture

CWnd::SetCaretPos

CWnd::SetClipboardViewer

CWnd::SetDlgCtrlID

CWnd::SetDlgItemInt

CWnd::SetDlgItemText

CWnd::SetForegroundWindow

CWnd::SetFont

CWnd::SetIcon

CWnd::SetLayeredWindowAttributes

CWnd::SetMenu

CWnd::SetParent

CWnd::SetProperty

CWnd::SetRedraw

CWnd::SetScrollInfo

CWnd::SetScrollPos

CWnd::SetScrollRange

CWnd::SetWindowContextHelpId

CWnd::SetWindowPlacement

CWnd::SetWindowPos

CWnd::SetWindowRgn

CWnd::SetWindowText

CWnd::ShowCaret

CWnd::ShowOwnedPopups

CWnd::ShowScrollBar

CWnd::ShowWindow

CWnd::SubclassDlgItem

CWnd::SubclassWindow

CWnd::UnlockWindowUpdate

CWnd::UnsubclassWindow

CWnd::UpdateData

CWnd::UpdateDialogControls

CWnd::UpdateLayeredWindow

CWnd::UpdateWindow

CWnd::ValidateRect

CWnd::ValidateRgn

CWnd::WindowFromPoint

CWnd::WindowProc

CWnd::WinHelp

CWnd::RegisterTouchWindow

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CWnd::GetDesktopWindow

Visual Studio 2012

Returns the Windows desktop window.

static CWnd* PASCAL GetDesktopWindow( );

Identifies the Windows desktop window. This pointer may be temporary and should not be stored for later use.

The desktop window covers the entire screen and is the area on top of which all icons and other windows are painted.

Header: afxwin.h

Reference

CWnd Class

Hierarchy Chart

CWnd::GetFocus

GetDesktopWindow

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