Get hInstance handle in XS application?

chessgui has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

A standalone Windows application's main function looks something like this:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR
+ lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
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In this call hInstance is a handle to the application's instance provided by the operation system.

Is it possible to get a hInstance handle in XS code? How to use structures and calls which require a hInstance parameter in XS code?

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Re: Get hInstance handle in XS application? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 05, 2012 at 20:31 UTC
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Re: Get hInstance handle in XS application? by kejohm (Hermit) on Feb 05, 2012 at 21:46 UTC
Try the `GetModuleHandle()` function. Passing NULL as the parameter will get the handle to the file used to create the current process, eg. `HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]