Date: 2008mar7 Date: 2025jul20 Language: C/C++ OS: Windows Keywords: instance, handle, self Q. Win32: get the instance of the current program when I don't have access to the WinMain() parameters A. In regular Win32 do this:

HINSTANCE hMyInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);

As you mentioned, its the first parameter to your WinMain() function:

int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hInstP, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { HINSTANCE hMyInstance = hInst; // ... }

In MFC:

HINSTANCE hMyInstance = AfxGetInstanceHandle();