IsWindowVisible

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function retrieves the visibility state of the specified window.

Syntax

BOOL IsWindowVisible(
  HWND hWnd 
); 

Parameters

  • hWnd
    [in] Handle to the window to test.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates that the specified window and its parent window have the WS_VISIBLE style. Zero indicates that the specified window and its parent window do not have the WS_VISIBLE style. Because the return value specifies whether the window has the WS_VISIBLE style, it may be nonzero even if the window is totally obscured by other windows.

Remarks

The visibility state of a window is indicated by the WS_VISIBLE style bit. When WS_VISIBLE is set, the window is displayed and subsequent drawing into it is displayed as long as the window has the WS_VISIBLE style.

Any drawing to a window with the WS_VISIBLE style will not be displayed if the window is obscured by other windows or is clipped by its parent window.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Windows Functions
IsWindowEnabled
ShowWindow