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IsChild

The IsChild function tests whether a window is a child window or descendant window of a specified parent window. A child window is the direct descendant of a specified parent window if that parent window is in the chain of parent windows; the chain of parent windows leads from the original overlapped or pop-up window to the child window.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function IsChild Lib "user32" Alias "IsChild" (ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later

Library
User32

Parameter Information
- hWndParent
Identifies the parent window.

- hWnd
Identifies the window to be tested.

Return Values
If the window is a child or descendant window of the specified parent window, the return value is nonzero.

If the window is not a child or descendant window of the specified parent window, the return value is zero.

Last update: 07 April 2006