Re: Does my object exist? So why its HWND doesn't exist? That's a question... (CMonthCalCtrl control)

From: Lt (zdolna.bestia_at_wp.pl)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:55:45 +0200

Philip wrote:
>GetDlgItem returns a HWND, which happens to be the first member inside
CMonthCalCtrl

CWindow::GetDlgItem (ATL) returns a HWND but I'm using CWnd::GetDlgItem
(MFC) that returns CWnd*

>Try:
>CMonthCalCtrl cal(GetDlgItem(IDC_MONTHCALENDAR2));
>int nCount = cal.GetMonthRange(...);

That dosen't work because the constructor CMonthCalCtrl::CMonthCalCtrl ()
doesn't take any parameters.

Lt

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