Get HWND of Ressource

[koraykazgan]

Hi there,

I am a VC++ Newbie. More than once I have tried to learn VC++, but I failed because MFC was too complex for me. I am a programmer who wants to know every written line in the code. When I start a Hello World tutorial in VC++, there are to many lines of code, which i don't understand.

So I have discovered Win32. I think Win32 is a library, which includes all base functions of Windows. Please tell me if I am wrong.

So I learned to create a Window by code, using WNDCLASSEX, CreateWindow() and ShowWindow(). Thats pretty fine, but it is not easy to design a window by code. So I want to add a window resource into my project, put controls on it, and then use the ShowWindow() function at any time to display my window. But to use ShowWindow, I need a HWND. How do I get the HWND of a window Resource?

When I'm adding a resource into my project, I choose add dialog. Have I to add the dialog resource to use a window, or is there a "WINDOW RESOURCE" anywhere in the VC++ IDE?

Or is there any other way to display such a window resource.
I am not sure, if I am in the right forum, but I decided to post my question here, because its about Win32.

Thanks a lot,
Bye...

 

[Prattaratt]

If you are using Microsoft's Visual C++, Check out LoadResource in the help files. However, I'm not certain that you can use resources for windows; Dialogs, yes; Windows, Idunno... try it and see.