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ShowWindowAsync function

Sets the show state of a window without waiting for the operation to complete.

Syntax

C++


BOOL WINAPI ShowWindowAsync(
  _In_ HWND hWnd,
  _In_ int  nCmdShow
);

Parameters

hWnd [in]

Type: HWND

A handle to the window.

nCmdShow [in]

Type: int

Controls how the window is to be shown. For a list of possible values, see the description of the ShowWindow function.

Return value

Type:

Type: BOOL

If the operation was successfully started, the return value is nonzero.

Remarks

This function posts a show-window event to the message queue of the given window. An application can use this function to avoid becoming nonresponsive while waiting for a nonresponsive application to finish processing a show-window event.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll