The WINDOWINFO structure contains window information.

Syntax

typedef struct {
    DWORD cbSize;
    RECT rcWindow;
    RECT rcClient;
    DWORD dwStyle;
    DWORD dwExStyle;
    DWORD dwWindowStatus;
    UINT cxWindowBorders;
    UINT cyWindowBorders;
    ATOM atomWindowType;
    WORD wCreatorVersion;
} WINDOWINFO, *PWINDOWINFO, *LPWINDOWINFO;

Members

cbSize

The size of the structure, in bytes. The caller must set this to sizeof(WINDOWINFO).

rcWindow

Pointer to a RECT structure that specifies the coordinates of the window.

rcClient

Pointer to a RECT structure that specifies the coordinates of the client area.

dwStyle

The window styles. For a table of window styles, see CreateWindowEx.

dwExStyle

The extended window styles. For a table of extended window styles, see CreateWindowEx.

dwWindowStatus

The window status. If this member is WS_ACTIVECAPTION, the window is active. Otherwise, this member is zero.

cxWindowBorders

The width of the window border, in pixels.

cyWindowBorders

The height of the window border, in pixels.

atomWindowType

The window class atom (see RegisterClass).

wCreatorVersion

The Microsoft Windows version of the application that created the window.

Structure Information

Header	Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
Minimum operating systems	Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3

See Also

Windows Overview, CreateWindowEx, GetWindowInfo, RECT, RegisterClass