GetClassLong

Syntax

LONG GetClassLong(hWnd,nIndex)

This function retrieves the long value specified by the nIndex parameter from the WNDCLASS structure of the window specified by the hWnd parameter.

Parameter Type/Description  

hWnd HWND Identifies the window.  
nIndex int Specifies the byte offset of the value to be retrieved. It can also be the following value:  
  Value Meaning
  GCL_WNDPROC Retrieves a long pointer to the window function.

Return Value

The return value specifies the value retrieved from the WNDCLASS structure.

Comments

To access any extra four-byte values allocated when the window-class structure was created, use a positive byte offset as the index specified by the nIndex parameter. The first four-byte value in the extra space is at offset zero, the next four-byte value is at offset 4, and so on.