GetForegroundWindow

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

The GetForegroundWindow function returns the handle of the foreground window (the window with which the user is currently working). The system assigns a slightly higher priority to the thread that creates the foreground window than it does to other threads.

HWND GetForegroundWindow(VOID)

Parameters
This function has no parameters.

Return Values
The return value is the handle of the foreground window.