Question

I have a form and a panel within the form and this is my code to handle the setparent which works fine.

hWnd = FindWindow("MapleStoryClass", null);
Panel_Handle();
SetParent(hWnd, PanelHandle);
SetWindowPos(hWnd, (IntPtr)SpecialWindowHandles.HWND_TOP,
    -3, -25, 800, 600, SetWindowPosFlags.SWP_NOSIZE);

The only question I have is how can I determine whether or not setparent worked via code? I understand I can visually check that setparent worked fine, but I need to input a check in my code to see if setparent worked.

Answer 1

You can try using the GetParent WinApi function.

From above Link:

If the window is a child window, the return value is a handle to the
parent window. If the window is a top-level window with the WS_POPUP
style, the return value is a handle to the owner window.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error
information, call GetLastError. This function typically fails for
one of the following reasons:

•The window is a top-level window that is unowned or does not have the
WS_POPUP style.
•The owner window has WS_POPUP style.