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CascadeWindows function (winuser.h)

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Cascades the specified child windows of the specified parent window.

Syntax

WORD CascadeWindows(
  [in, optional] HWND       hwndParent,
  [in]           UINT       wHow,
  [in, optional] const RECT *lpRect,
  [in]           UINT       cKids,
  [in, optional] const HWND *lpKids
);

Parameters

[in, optional] hwndParent

Type: HWND

A handle to the parent window. If this parameter is NULL, the desktop window is assumed.

[in] wHow

Type: UINT

A cascade flag. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.

Value Meaning
MDITILE_SKIPDISABLED
0x0002
 Prevents disabled MDI child windows from being cascaded.
MDITILE_ZORDER
0x0004
 Arranges the windows in Z order. If this value is not specified, the windows are arranged using the order specified in the lpKids array.

[in, optional] lpRect

Type: const RECT*

A pointer to a structure that specifies the rectangular area, in client coordinates, within which the windows are arranged. This parameter can be NULL, in which case the client area of the parent window is used.

[in] cKids

Type: UINT

The number of elements in the array specified by the lpKids parameter. This parameter is ignored if lpKids is NULL.

[in, optional] lpKids

Type: const HWND*

An array of handles to the child windows to arrange. If a specified child window is a top-level window with the style WS_EX_TOPMOST or WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, the child window is not arranged. If this parameter is NULL, all child windows of the specified parent window (or of the desktop window) are arranged.

Return value

Type: WORD

If the function succeeds, the return value is the number of windows arranged.

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

Remarks

By default, CascadeWindows arranges the windows in the order provided by the lpKids array, but preserves the Z-Order. If you specify the MDITILE_ZORDER flag, CascadeWindows arranges the windows in Z order.

Calling CascadeWindows causes all maximized windows to be restored to their previous size.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library User32.lib
DLL User32.dll

See also

Windows Overview