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Function name : GetCapture

Group: Mouse Input - Library: user32

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The GetCapture function retrieves a handle to the window (if any) that has captured the mouse. Only one window at a time can capture the mouse; this window receives mouse input whether or not the cursor is within its borders.

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Code examples:

Setting the mouse capture to the specified window
GDI+: Implementing image scrolling with inertia

Declaration:

HWND GetCapture(VOID);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetCapture IN user32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

The return value is a handle to the capture window associated with the current thread. If no window in the thread has captured the mouse, the return value is NULL.

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Comments:

The mouse capture.

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