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SetProcessWindowStation info  Overview  Group

The SetProcessWindowStation function assigns a window station to the calling process. This enables the process to access objects in the window station such as desktops, the clipboard, and global atoms. All subsequent operations on the window station use the access rights granted to hWinSta.

BOOL SetProcessWindowStation(

    HWINSTA hWinSta

// handle of window station to assign to this process

   );

Parameters

hWinSta
Identifies the window station to be assigned to the calling process. This handle is returned by the CreateWindowStation and OpenWindowStation functions.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

See Also

CreateWindowStation, GetProcessWindowStation, OpenWindowStation, SetThreadDesktop