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

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)

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

Code:

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

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Then, create the dialogue box:

Code:

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

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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/de...in_generic.exe