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GetWindowInfo function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Retrieves information about the specified window.

Syntax

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BOOL WINAPI GetWindowInfo(
  __in     HWND hwnd,
  __inout  PWINDOWINFO pwi
);

Parameters

hwnd [in]

Type: HWND

A handle to the window whose information is to be retrieved.

pwi [in, out]

Type: PWINDOWINFO

A pointer to a WINDOWINFO structure to receive the information. Note that you must set the cbSize member to sizeof(WINDOWINFO) before calling this function.

Return value

Type:

Type: BOOL

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero.

To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server

Header
Winuser.h (include Windows.h)

Library
User32.lib

DLL
User32.dll

See also

Reference
WINDOWINFO
Conceptual
Windows

 

 

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C# Implementation

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool GetWindowInfo(IntPtr hWnd, out WINDOWINFO pwi);

WINDOWINFO structure @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632610(VS.85).aspx
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