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In Win32, How can I detect if a HWND is a dialog?

In a pure C Win32 application, how can I detect if a HWND is a dialog?

Solution

  • Use GetClassLong() to find its class atom. Unless it was created with a custom window class (very unlikely), its class will be WC_DIALOG.

    if ( WC_DIALOG == MAKEINTATOM(GetClassLong(hWnd, GCW_ATOM)) )
{
    /* this is a dialog */
}