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How to get process id from window handle?

I have code like following

BOOL CMainFrame::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg){
LPARAM m_winHandle= pMsg->lParam;
...
...

So I have window handle now. From here How can I get process id of the application. Thru which I have to get
application(.EXE's) name.

When I am using the GetWindowModuleFileName as follows for the same purpose its giving me 'undeclared identifier' error.

GetWindowModuleFileName(pMsg->hwnd,fileBuff,256);

Hope my doubt made sence to you.

fl0yd

This sounds like a compile-time error which tells you that you are attempting to use an identifier that is unknown to the compiler in this context. Since this is an MFC-application, GetWindowModuleFileName is definately known. pMsg, if it is a MSG*, does have a hwnd member. So if this function call is inside your PreTranslateMessage, I'd say you haven't declared fileBuff, or possibly misspelled it.

ibferoz

ASKER

Hi fl0yd ,

Ya its a compile time error and its a MFC application too.
I have checked with all variations. Here I am giving the code and error...

LPTSTR fileBuff[256];
GetWindowModuleFileName(pMsg->hwnd,fileBuff,256);
....

error C2065: 'GetWindowModuleFileName' : undeclared identifier.

Hope you can relate now.

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fl0yd

Hmmmm, strange, I thought MFC #include'd <windows.h> automatically. Try putting this statement

#include <windows.h>

right after the #include "stdafx.h" statement in your implementation file. I'm not sure if you will get compiler errors when doing this.

Somewhat unrelated to your question: you might want to also check out GetModuleFileName( NULL, fileBuff, 256 ) -- which pretty much does the same but is a bit more direct.

BeyondWu

you should include
#include <WINABLE.H>

TCHAR fileBuff[256];
GetWindowModuleFileName(pMsg->hwnd,fileBuff,256);

jkr

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