how to retrieve a handle to the topmost window

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This is a WINAPI question. as the title says, is there a function that retrieves a handle to highest up the hierarchy? like, if i have a child, who's parent is a child, who's parented to the main window, what is the function that retrieves the handle to that main window. GetParent just retrieves the next one up, right?

Posted 26-Aug-11 4:43am

FatalCatharsis

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cariolihome · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-26T04:57:00

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You can use GetAncestor Function with GA_ROOT flag

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633502(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

Posted 26-Aug-11 4:57am

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FatalCatharsis 26-Aug-11 11:20am

Bingo, that's exactly what i needed, thank you!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Aug-11 14:12pm

Yep, it does the trick, a 5.
--SA