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NAME

Tk_MainWindow, Tk_GetNumMainWindows — functions for querying main window information

SYNOPSIS

#include <tk.h>
Tk_Window
Tk_MainWindow(interp)
int
Tk_GetNumMainWindows()

ARGUMENTS

Tcl_Interp *interp (in/out)

Interpreter associated with the application.

DESCRIPTION

A main window is a special kind of toplevel window used as the outermost window in an application.

If interp is associated with a Tk application then Tk_MainWindow returns the application's main window. If there is no Tk application associated with interp then Tk_MainWindow returns NULL and leaves an error message in interpreter interp's result.

Tk_GetNumMainWindows returns a count of the number of main windows currently open in the current thread.

KEYWORDS

application, main window