{"id":14423,"date":"2010-04-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2010\/04\/01\/enumclaw-the-function-that-never-was\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:00:00","slug":"enumclaw-the-function-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20100401-00\/?p=14423","title":{"rendered":"EnumClaw, the function that never was"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nbhiggins\n\nasks about the mysterious function EnumClaw<\/code>\nthat existed in some versions of the Win32 documentation<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nI went digging through the MSDN archives and was close to giving up\nand declaring the cause lost,\nbut then I found it: A copy\nof the EnumClaw<\/code> documentation.\n<\/p>\n

\n
EnumClaw<\/div>\n
\n

\nThe EnumClaw<\/b> function returns the child or the parent\nof the window whose HWND is passed in.\n<\/p>\n

\nHWND EnumClaw(\n  HWND<\/b> hwndParent<\/i>    \/\/ handle to parent window\n);<\/b>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
\nParameters<\/div>\n
\n
hwndParent<\/i><\/dt>\n
[in] Handle to the parent window.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\nReturn Values<\/div>\n
\n
\nIf the function succeeds, the return value is\nthe HWND of the child of the hwndParent<\/i> window.\nIf the window has no child,\nthe return value is the HWND of the parent of the hwndParent<\/i> window.\n<\/p>\n
\nIf the function fails, the return value is NULL.\nTo get extended error information, call\n\nGetLastError<\/b><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nRequirements<\/div>\n
\n
  Windows NT\/2000\/XP:<\/b>\n    Included in Windows XP and Windows .NET Server.
\n  Windows 95\/98\/Me:<\/b> Unsupported.
\n  Header:<\/b> Declared in Winuser.h; include Windows.h.
\n  Library:<\/b> Use User32.lib.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSee Also<\/div>\n
\n\nWindows Overview<\/a>,\n\nWindow Functions<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nThere was never a function called EnumClaw<\/code>.\nThis was a joke inserted by the documentation folks,\na pun on the Washington city named\n\nEnumclaw<\/a>.\n(The state of Washington has a lot of place names which come\nfrom Native American words.\nOther examples are\n\nSequim<\/a>,\n\nPuyallup<\/a>,\nand\n\nTulalip<\/a>.\nAt least Enumclaw is pronounced almost like it’s spelled.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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