Getting the main dialog in MFC

[Gordon Jeffrey]

Is the a function to get the main dialog similar the the
::AfxGetMainWnd() to get the main window?

[Scott McPhillips [MVP]]

Gordon Jeffrey wrote:

> Is the a function to get the main dialog similar the the
> ::AfxGetMainWnd() to get the main window?

If you are talking about the standard wizard-generated dialog based
application the the main dialog IS the main window. AfxGetMainWnd()
will return a pointer to it, which you must cast into a pointer to your
main dialog class.

CMyMainDlg* pmain = (CMyMainDlg*)AfxGetMainWnd();

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[M. Kools]

Just AfxGetMainWnd() ? It'll return a CWnd pointer to your main window.
Or do you mean in the WinAPI?

Gordon Jeffrey wrote:
> Is the a function to get the main dialog similar the the
> ::AfxGetMainWnd() to get the main window?

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[Joseph M. Newcomer]

I'm not sure what you mean by "main dialog". If you mean you have a dialog-based app, then
a dialog, being of course a window, and being used as the main window, will be what you
get when you call AfxGetMainWnd(). The call doesn't care about what type of window it is,
a CMainFrame or a CDialog-derived, so in either case you have a "main window".
joe

On 1 Sep 2004 04:08:36 -0700, gordonj...@hotmail.com (Gordon Jeffrey) wrote:

>Is the a function to get the main dialog similar the the
>::AfxGetMainWnd() to get the main window?

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