HIWORD

Quick Info

Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library

Header File
windef.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The HIWORD macro retrieves the high-order word from the given 32-bit value.

WORD HIWORD(

DWORD dwValue	// value from which high-order word is retrieved
);

Parameters
dwValue

Specifies the value to be converted.

Return Values
The return value is the high-order word of the specified value.

Remarks
The HIWORD macro is defined as follows:

#define HIWORD(l) ((WORD) (((DWORD) (l) >> 16) & 0xFFFF))