Window Handles of Global Objects

 Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
Article ID: Q10213
3.00 3.10 WINDOWS kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

A handle is a unique, fixed identifier for a global object. Handles exist to allow easy, indirect access to an object that may move in memory.

Handles are unique only among the objects to which they refer. A handle to a window will always be different from all other handles to windows, but it could have the same value as a handle to a brush (or to any other object).

It is safe to hold onto a window handle (or any handle) of a global object. As long as that object exists, its handle will not change.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: UsrWndw
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
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