ClientToScreen

This function converts the client coordinates of a specified point to screen coordinates.

At a Glance

Header file: Winuser.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

BOOL ClientToScreen( HWND hWnd, LPPOINT lpPoint);

Parameters

hWnd

Handle to the window whose client area is used for the conversion.

lpPoint

Long pointer to a POINT structure that contains the client coordinates to be converted. The new screen coordinates are copied into this structure if the function succeeds.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure.

Windows NT: To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The ClientToScreen function replaces the client coordinates in the POINT structure with the screen coordinates. The screen coordinates are relative to the upper-left corner of the screen.

See Also

MapWindowPoints, POINT, ScreenToClient