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This function retrieves the window handle to the active window associated with the thread that calls the function.
Syntax
HWND GetActiveWindow(void); |
Parameters
None.
Return Value
The handle to the active window associated with the calling thread's message queue indicates success. NULL indicates failure.
Requirements
| Header | winuser.h |
| Library | Caret.lib, Foregnd.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |