GetWindowRect() Returns TRUE with Desktop Window Handle
PSS ID Number: 129598
Article Last Modified on 1/12/2000
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SUMMARY
Under Windows NT and Windows 95, GetWindowRect() returns FALSE (to indicate
failure) if the desktop window handle is used. Under Win32s,
GetWindowRect() returns TRUE if the desktop window handle is used, however,
the RECT structure is not correctly filled in.
On Win32s, GetWindowRect() returns TRUE unconditionally because the 16-bit
Windows GetWindowRect() has no return value. Therefore, before calling
GetWindowRect() on Win32s, you should first check that the window handle is
not the desktop window handle.
Additional query words: 1.20 GetDesktopWindow HWND_DESKTOP
Keywords: KB129598
Technology: kbWin32s120 kbWin32sSearch