How do I find the main window handle?

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Mike - 26 Nov 2007 19:57 GMT

In a DLL written in C#, how can you get the handle of the main window
of the app that called you?

Thanks,
Mike

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 26 Nov 2007 20:21 GMT

Mike,

AFAIK, there is no API that will do this for you.

Rather, the easiest way I can think of is to call the static
GetCurrentProcess method on the Process class and then access the
MainWindowHandle property on the Process instance returned.

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> In a DLL written in C#, how can you get the handle of the main window
> of the app that called you?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

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Mike - 26 Nov 2007 20:45 GMT

That seems to work. Thanks!

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