Confused ? getting the hWnd

I am making a program for my friend in C++ using MSVC++ 6.0.

it is not a MFC(he doesnt want runtimes) app.

how do I get the hWnd of an item in a resource file I have.
it is called
res.rc it has an Icon and a Dialog box,

how would I get the hWnd of this??
I am pretty sure I can show it using ShowWindow, but I just dont know how to get the hWnd,

Thanks,
Dennis Wrenn

[parksie]

When you create the window using CreateDialog or equiv., it returns the hWnd of the window. You need to keep this in a global variable of something like that.

huh?

what do you mean?

I made the dialog and added it to a resource file,
how do I get the hWnd of that and show it?(the window)

[parksie]

The resource file only stores a template for a window. You have to create a new window for it. MSDN has a full example project, but this is the gist of it: Create a WndProc, with format

BOOL CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)

Then, create the dialogue box:

INT_PTR DialogBox(
HINSTANCE hInstance, // handle to module
LPCTSTR lpTemplate, // dialog box template
HWND hWndParent, // handle to owner window
DLGPROC lpDialogFunc // dialog box procedure
);

For the template, use MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_YOUR_DIALOG_ID). Pass the WndProc for the dialogue box procedure.
Here's a full sample project: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/devprods/vs6/visualc/vcsample/sdk_begin_generic.exe