HWND not working properly

ok so i make my window and declare

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HWND hwnd

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so then i set a member variable to hwnd with

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_pGameEngine->SetHandleToWindow(hwnd);

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this member name is m_hwnd

so when i try to use m_hwnd, becouse my windows proc calls and functions inside my engine which handles the messages, nothing happens but when i just use hwnd it works, why cant i just set m_hwnd equal to hwnd and have it work? :confused:

ok i figured it out i was setting it equal before i put properties to it, sorry for being a retartd so remember kiddies set equal after something like this

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    if(!(hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
              NULL,                                  //extended style
              WINDOW_CLASS_NAME,                            //class
              "Engine IKnow",                    //title
              WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE,     
              0, -30,                                    //initial x,y  (trick 0,-30)
              2000,2000,                                //initial width, height  (trick 2000,2000)
              NULL,                                  //handle to parent
              NULL,                                  //handle to menu
              hinstance,                              //instance of the application
              NULL)))

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