The GetWindowModuleFileName function retrieves the full path and file name of the module associated with the specified window handle.

Syntax

UINT GetWindowModuleFileName(      
    HWND hwnd,
    LPTSTR lpszFileName,
    UINT cchFileNameMax
);

Parameters

hwnd

[in] Handle to the window whose module file name will be retrieved.

lpszFileName

[out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the path and file name.

cchFileNameMax

[in] Specifies the maximum number of TCHARs that can be copied into the lpszFileName buffer.

Return Value

The return value is the total number of TCHARs copied into the buffer.

Remarks

Windows 95/98/Me: GetWindowModuleFileNameW is supported by the Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU). To use this, you must add certain files to your application, as outlined in Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.

Function Information

Minimum DLL Version	user32.dll
Header	Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
Import library	User32.lib
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 SP3
Unicode	Implemented as ANSI and Unicode versions.

See Also

Windows Overview