GetActiveWindow

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This function retrieves the window handle to the active window associated with the thread that calls the function.

HWND GetActiveWindow(void);

Parameters

None.

Return Values

The handle to the active window associated with the calling thread's message queue indicates success. NULL indicates failure.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winuser.h.
Link Library: Caret.lib, Foregnd.lib.

See Also

Keyboard Functions

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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