Get language independent windows handle

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Hi,

In my application I am using PageSetupDialog , I want to move OK and cancel buttons.
I used FindWindowEx function to get child window handle.
My code is as follows:

C#

FindWindowEx(hWndPageSetup, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", "OK");
FindWindowEx(hWndPageSetup, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", "Cancel");

it is working fine in English version of OS, I want get handle of OK and Cancel button when i run my application in japanese i am not able to get handle as i have used Ok and Cancel english strings.

I want to get handle of these buttons language independent!!

Dose any body have answer to this problem?

Posted 27-Mar-12 2:25am

Somnath T Avhad

Updated 27-Mar-12 2:30am

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Henning Dieterichs · Answer 1 · 2012-03-27T11:25:00

No chance, because you don't know what the button will do if clicked.
But beside the name you could use the position (i.e. index) as this won't change in different languages:
Enumerate through the subchildren and count the number. As the number didn't change, you can hardcode it:

C#

IntPtr handle= FindWindowByCaption(0, "MyWindow");

int controlCount = 2; //adapt it to your dialog
int i = 0;
EnumChildWindows(handle, delegate(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr lparam)
{
	i++; 
	if (i == controlCount)
	  handle = hwnd;
	return 1;
}, IntPtr.Zero);

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