GetDlgCtrlID function (winuser.h)

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02/22/2024

Retrieves the identifier of the specified control.

Syntax

int GetDlgCtrlID(
  [in] HWND hWnd
);

Parameters

[in] hWnd

Type: HWND

A handle to the control.

Return value

Type: int

If the function succeeds, the return value is the identifier of the control.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. An invalid value for the hwndCtl parameter, for example, will cause the function to fail. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

GetDlgCtrlID accepts child window handles as well as handles of controls in dialog boxes. An application sets the identifier for a child window when it creates the window by assigning the identifier value to the hmenu parameter when calling the CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx function.

Although GetDlgCtrlID may return a value if hwndCtl is a handle to a top-level window, top-level windows cannot have identifiers and such a return value is never valid.

Examples

For an example, see Initializing a Dialog Box.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll
API set	ext-ms-win-ntuser-dialogbox-l1-1-0 (introduced in Windows 8)