Thread: Copying Windows (not the os)

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    Lightbulb Copying Windows (not the os)

    How do you copy a window? I tried just plain:
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    HWND window1;
    HWND window2;
    ...
    window2=window1;
    I then changed the parent of window2, and it moved the button. How can I get a new window, not just a handle (cause that's it, right?) to window2, so I can have two of them?

    by the way, forgive me for playing around with the colors, but it was...uh...fun, kind of.

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    I've heard that you can't actually copy a window, you must recreate everything again, and if you have stuff painted on the other window, use BitBlt, or something like that.

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    Call CreateWindow() twice. You will then get to windows each with their own handle.
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    I can't, I didn't create the window in the first place.

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    >>I can't, I didn't create the window in the first place.<<

    then where did it come from? I think a little more explaining is in order here. What kind of window is it, if you didnt create it?
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    A Little More Explaining

    It's a window from another program (which I also, didn't create).

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