Getting a the real object from it's handle

[Shyam K Pananghat]

Hi, I am having the handle to a combo box's dropdown list control which i have grabed by subclassing and overriding the "WNDProc" to receive window message. is there any way by which i can know what is the real object behind this handle.So if it is list control can i assign it to a .Net list control and start using that list control in .Net. i tried control.FromHandle.. Listbox.Fromhandle and and some methods inside the marshal class in .Net so can you please help me getting the real control behind this handle

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

It doesn't work that way. In most cases, you cannot simply slap a .NET controls over a window's handle and treat that handle like a control. Not every control has an unmanaged control sitting behind it.

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[Shyam K Pananghat]

First of all Thanks very much for your reply.. and about the scenario..... Hmmm .. that i know.. in my scenario i am having the handle to the dropdown area (control) of a combobox. so i want to know whether we can assign/create a list control from this handle. so that i can treat it is a list control and add a control in it or do whatever accoding to the project requirement

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