| getWindowsHandle {utils} | R Documentation |
Get a Windows Handle
Description
Get the Windows handle of a window or of the R process in MS Windows.
Usage
getWindowsHandle(which = "Console")
Arguments
which |
a string (see below), or the number of a graphics device
window (which must a |
Details
getWindowsHandle gets the Windows handle.
Possible choices for which are:
"Console" | The console window handle. |
"Frame" | The MDI frame window handle. |
"Process" | The process pseudo-handle. |
| A device number | The window handle of a graphics device |
These values are not normally useful to users, but may be used by developers making addons to R.
NULL is returned for the Frame handle if not running in MDI mode,
for the Console handle when running Rterm, for any unrecognized
string for which, or for a graphics device with no
corresponding window.
Other windows (help browsers, etc.) are not accessible through this function.
Value
An external pointer holding the Windows handle, or NULL.
Note
This is only available on Windows.
See Also
getIdentification, getWindowsHandles
Examples
if(.Platform$OS.type == "windows")
print( getWindowsHandle() )
[Package utils version 4.4.0 Index]