Getting the handle of the Irrlicht Window

[Jallenbah]

Hi.
I'm programming using Windows, and in order to use the Input system I want to, as well as some other performance optimisations I feel need adding, I need to get a handle to the window created by Irrlicht.

I created it like:

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device = irr::createDevice(driver_type, irr::core::dimension2d<irr::s32>(SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y), 
		COLOUR_BITS, FULLSCREEN, false, VSYNC, &eventReceiver);

So, is there some function i can call to obtain it? Because right now i'm having difficulty getting it.

[randomMesh]

First set the name of the window like this

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device->setWindowCaption(L"yourname");

then get the handle like this

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HWND irrlichtWindow = FindWindow(NULL, "yourname");

Untested, but should work.

[Jallenbah]

Ah, that looks about right. I'll try it now and post the result.

[pc0de]

Also:

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HWND irrlichtWindow = device->getVideoDriver()->getExposedVideoData().OpenGLWin32.HWnd;

Works for both DirectX and OGL.

[Jallenbah]

I can confirm that the FindWindow() method works fine.

I also added a random amount of invisible characters like spaces to the window name so that collisions were unlikely, though it would be unlikely anyway.

That Method just mentioned looks like it would work too, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Thanks