Thread: getting HWND of controls

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    getting HWND of controls

    I can get the HWND of a different window, but now I need to get the HWND of a control. The control would be like a textbox or button.

    It is for a little project I am working.

    I tried getting the HWND of a child window but that didn't return the HWND of the textbox, I don't belive.

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    Perhaps, in a function like your WindowProc, you could throw a:

    Code:
    HWND child = ::GetDlgItem(hwnd, ID_SOMECONTROL);
    Where ID_SOMECONTROL is the identifier in the resource or passed as the HMENU parameter of ::CreateWindow[Ex](..)

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