[comp.windows.ms] "grabbing" root window

kipnis@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Kipnis) (11/02/89)

Hi, how can I "grab", get acess to the root window?
i.e. the background screen, which I assume is a window of some kind.

thanks for any info,

gary

bturner@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Bill Turner) (11/04/89)

> Hi, how can I "grab", get acess to the root window?
> i.e. the background screen, which I assume is a window of some kind.

You can call CreateDC for the device DISPLAY.  This gets a DC for the entire
screen device.

The "root window" as such doesn't exist in MSWindows as it does in X.

--Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com)
HP Corvallis Information Systems