Dword - hiword & loword

[Stefano Mtangoo]

I'm practing with Akrip32.dll for a time now and I can get the DLL version as DWORD. The Version is divided as HIWORD and LOWORD
Can anyone help me interpret these Buzzwords? I have no Idea of what they are

[twomers]

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302806
First hit on google.
Basically, it extracts segments from a varaible, i.e. the higher or lower 16 bits.

[Ancient Dragon]

Links

[Stefano Mtangoo]

Ok Cool Links!
Another question I have is how to retrieve HIWORD and LOWORD if Im given a variable
Lets say I have

DWORD testVariable;
// How do I get HIWORD and LOWORD???

[Ancient Dragon]

Just simply use the macros

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    DWORD dwWord = 1234567890;
    long lWord = LOWORD(dwWord);
    cout << lWord << "\n";
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

[Stefano Mtangoo]

Thanks alot :)