Get hwnd by process id c++

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How can I get the HWND of application, if I know the process ID? Anyone could post a sample please? I'm using MSV C++ 2010. I found Process::MainWindowHandle but I don't know how to use it.

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A single PID (Process ID) can be associated with more than one window (HWND). For example if the application is using several windows.
The following code locates the handles of all windows per a given PID.

void GetAllWindowsFromProcessID(DWORD dwProcessID, std::vector <HWND> &vhWnds)
{
    // find all hWnds (vhWnds) associated with a process id (dwProcessID)
    HWND hCurWnd = NULL;
    do
    {
        hCurWnd = FindWindowEx(NULL, hCurWnd, NULL, NULL);
        DWORD dwProcID = 0;
        GetWindowThreadProcessId(hCurWnd, &dwProcID);
        if (dwProcID == dwProcessID)
        {
            vhWnds.push_back(hCurWnd);  // add the found hCurWnd to the vector
            wprintf(L"Found hWnd %d\n", hCurWnd);
        }
    }
    while (hCurWnd != NULL);
}

Thanks to Michael Haephrati, I slightly corrected your code for modern Qt C++ 11:

#include <iostream>
#include "windows.h"
#include "tlhelp32.h"
#include "tchar.h"
#include "vector"
#include "string"

using namespace std;

void GetAllWindowsFromProcessID(DWORD dwProcessID, std::vector <HWND> &vhWnds)
{
    // find all hWnds (vhWnds) associated with a process id (dwProcessID)
    HWND hCurWnd = nullptr;
    do
    {
        hCurWnd = FindWindowEx(nullptr, hCurWnd, nullptr, nullptr);
        DWORD checkProcessID = 0;
        GetWindowThreadProcessId(hCurWnd, &checkProcessID);
        if (checkProcessID == dwProcessID)
        {
            vhWnds.push_back(hCurWnd);  // add the found hCurWnd to the vector
            //wprintf(L"Found hWnd %d\n", hCurWnd);
        }
    }
    while (hCurWnd != nullptr);
}
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