Finding handle for Console Window

I have this code to get the handle for the console window

Code:

    // Set the console screen's title
    // m_ConsoleTitle is of type std::string
    SetConsoleTitle(m_ConsoleTitle.c_str() );
 
    // Get window Handle
    // m_hWnd is of type HWND
    m_hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, m_ConsoleTitle.c_str() );
 
    if (m_hWnd == NULL)
    {
        DWORD err = GetLastError();
        std::stringstream ss; 
        std::string s;
        ss <<"FindWindow FAILED, ERROR # " <<err <<"\nhandle = " <<m_hWnd ;
        s = ss.str();
        MessageBox(0, s.c_str(), "Error", 0);
        return FALSE;
    }

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it fails I get NULL returned for FindWindow(). The documentation states that "If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. "
But when I call GetLastError I get '0' which is "The operation completed successfully."

How is it successful if I get a return value of NULL?

Is there a better way to get the HWND for the console?

GetConsoleWindow

Well then... I don't know how I overlooked that one.....

My guess is that the window title is being updated *asynchronously* to your code. So if your code runs "too fast", the window title may not be updated by the time FindWindow() does it's thing.

Anyway...GetConsoleWindow().

gg