The normal way to get the app instance is to do GetWindowLong (hwnd, GWL_HINSTANCE) But hInstance and prevInstance aren't very useful these days, they cannot be used to check if a program is already running as it could be on Win-16. The normal way is to do that is to use FindWindow with the window class and Window name as NULL. > -----Original Message----- > From: gtk-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxx > [mailto:gtk-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tor Lillqvist > Sent: 12 December 2005 09:34 > To: Igor Gorbounov > Cc: gtk-list; GTKMM Lists > Subject: Win32 API HInstance and gtk+ - how? > > Igor Gorbounov writes: > > Tell me, please, if there is any way to get a Win API > application > instance handle in a gtkmm application > > GetModuleHandle(NULL) ? > > (I think "application instance" is Windows 3.x terminology, but the > MCIWndCreate() docs say "handle to the module", to presumably > GetModuleHandle() is what you want. > > --tml > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
