GetActiveWindow

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
user32.lib
Header File
winuser.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The GetActiveWindow function retrieves the window handle to the active window associated with the thread that calls the function.

HWND GetActiveWindow(VOID)

Parameters
This function has no parameters.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the active window associated with the thread that calls the function. If the calling thread does not have an active window, the return value is NULL.