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Summary

This function retrieves the name of the class to which the specified window belongs.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int GetClassName(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder buf, int nMaxCount);

VB Signature:

Declare Function GetClassName Lib "coredll.dll" _
(hWnd as IntPtr, buf As StringBuilder, nMaxCount As Integer) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

None.

Sample Code:

   StringBuilder strClassName = new StringBuilder(256);
   IntPtr hWnd = GetDesktopWindow();
   GetClassName(hWnd, strClassName, strClassName.Capacity);

Documentation

GetClassName on MSDN

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