Q12172: HOWTO: How to Change a Window’s Parent

Article: Q12172
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly kbSDKPlatform kbWndw kbWndwProp
Last Modified: 09-JUN-1999

3.00 3.10
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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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:

1. Perform a ShowWindow(hWnd, HIDE_WINDOW) call.

2. Change the handle to the child using the SetWindowWord function.

3. 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.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly kbSDKPlatform kbWndw kbWndwProp 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbhowto

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