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WindowHandle

Applies to
SyntaxWindowHandle (ObjectName)
Action[Function] Returns a Windows handle for an Equinox form or page.
ScopeOnly usable in form methods.
Notes

A Windows handle for an object displayed on screen may be useful when for example you are running an external DLL. The name of the object is passed to the function via the ObjectName parameter.

CategoryWindows and DLLs
See Also Bcopy, WindowHandle, External, FontHandle, GetMessageParameters, GetNotifyParameters, Hiword, Loword, MakeLong, PaletteRGB, RGB, RGBValues
Example

This example retrieves the Window style of the Equinox page with object name "DisplayPage".

long WStyle

define GWL_STYLE -16

GetWindowLong WindowHandle("DisplayPage"), GWL_STYLE, WStyle