HOWTO: How to Change a Window's Parent (12172)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
This article was previously published under Q12172
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SUMMARY
The following information describes how to change a window's parent in
Windows versions 2.x and 3.x.
The correct way to do this in Windows versions 2.x is to destroy the
child and then re-create the child with the proper handle to the
parent. The following steps can be used to do this:
- Perform a ShowWindow(hWnd, HIDE_WINDOW) call.
- Change the handle to the child using the SetWindowWord function.
- Perform a ShowWindow(hWnd, SHOW_WINDOW) call.
NOTE: Microsoft does not recommend that this method and does not
guarantee it to work in future releases of Windows.
In Windows versions 3.x, the SetParent function should be used to set the parent of a window.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/7/2005 |
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