Glossary

hWnd A handle assigned to each window by the operating system.
child window A window that has the WS_CHILD style.  MDI child windows and ActiveX controls are examples of child windows.
scroll bar A scroll bar can be a part of a window, or it can be a separate control with its own window handle.  A window will be drawn with the little funny triangular bit in the bottom right-hand corner, if the window is resizable and has both a horizontal and vertical scroll bar.
top-level window A window that has no parent window.  Typical VB forms, (with MDIChild=false) are top-level windows.

 

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