GetClassWord

Syntax

WORD GetClassWord(hWnd,nIndex)

This function retrieves the word that is 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 one of the following values:  
  Value Meaning
  GCW_CBCLSEXTRA Tells how many bytes of additional class information you have. For information on how to access this memory, see the following “Comments” section.
  GCW_CBWNDEXTRA Tells how many bytes of additional window information you have. For information on how to access this memory, see the followingComments” section.
  GCW_HBRBACKGROUND Retrieves a handle to the background brush.
  GCW_HCURSOR Retrieves a handle to the cursor.
  GCW_HICON Retrieves a handle to the icon.
  GCW_HMODULE Retrieves a handle to the module.
  GCW_STYLE Retrieves the window-class style bits.

Return Value

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

Comments

To access any extra two-byte values allocated when the window-class structure was created, use a positive byte offset as the index specified by the nIndex parameter, starting at zero for the first two-byte value in the extra space, 2 for the next two-byte value and so on.