ArcObjects Library Reference

Get hWnd from ArcGIS Desktop Snippet

Gets the Windows Handle (hWnd) of the ArcGIS Desktop application that is currently running. If you need a Windows Handle for a custom application use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetHINSTANCE instead.

[C#]


///<summary>Gets the Windows Handle (hWnd) of the ArcGIS Desktop application that is currently running. If you need a Windows Handle for a custom application use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetHINSTANCE instead.</summary>
/// 
///<param name="application">An IApplication interface.</param>
/// 
///<returns>A System.Int32 that is the Windows handle.</returns>
/// 
///<remarks></remarks>
public System.Int32 GetHWndFromArcGISDesktop(ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IApplication application)
{
  System.Int32 hWnd = application.hWnd;

  return  hWnd;
}

[Visual Basic .NET]


'''<summary>Gets the Windows Handle (hWnd) of the ArcGIS Desktop application that is currently running. If you need a Windows Handle for a custom application use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetHINSTANCE instead.</summary>
''' 
'''<param name="application">An IApplication interface.</param>
''' 
'''<returns>A System.Int32 that is the Windows handle.</returns>
''' 
'''<remarks></remarks>
Public Function GetHWndFromArcGISDesktop(ByVal application As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IApplication) As System.Int32

  Dim hWnd As System.Int32 = application.hWnd

  Return hWnd

End Function

Additional Requirements

The code in this document requires the following References added to the Visual Studio project:
ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework