Why AfxGetInstanceHandle does not return a valid handle?

[manumohan]

Hi friends

I want to get the process handle to kill it. I tried to get it with AfxGetInstanceHandle. But it is always returning an invalid handle.How can i get a valid handle using AfxGetInstanceHandle

regards manu

 

[apatterno]

If you haven't created a CWinApp object in your program or called AfxWinInit then don't count on a successful AfxGetInstanceHandle

 

[palbano]

If your application is not an MFC application you want to use GetModuleHandle(). The returned HMODULE is equivalent to HINSTANCE.

-pete