Control handle by point inside dialog

[realcr]

Is there a way to get a control's handle which is inside a dialog by its relative location in the dialog?
I have seen WindowFromPoint , however this function works only if the window is on the top of the Z axis.
Is there another way to do it?

bar.

[jimh]

As far as I can tell by a quickie applet I threw together, WindowFromPoint works even if a window/control is at the bottom of the Z-Order. I found the hWnd of several different windows/controls with Spy++ (a VS tool) and then used my mouse hovering applet to view the same window and I consistently got the same hWnd.

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// C Code...
POINT pt;
if( GetCursorPos(&pt) )
hWndCurrentPoint = WindowFromPoint( pt );


If you have a more specific example on when WindowFromPoint might not work, post it and I'll take a look.

Jim

[realcr]

OK tnx for the advice Jimh.

Bar.

[donkey]

Hi,

There is also a ChildWindowFromPoint function for child windows. The point must be converted to client coordinates, that is relative to the upper left corner of the parents client area...

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invoke GetCursorPos, offset pt
invoke ScreenToClient, [hParent], offset pt
invoke ChildWindowFromPoint, [hParent], offset pt

[realcr]

Tnx , that was excatly what I was looking for donkey.

bar.