#define SW_HIDE 0 #define SW_SHOWNORMAL 1 #define SW_NORMAL 1 #define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED 2 #define SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED 3 #define SW_MAXIMIZE 3 #define SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE 4 #define SW_SHOW 5 #define SW_MINIMIZE 6 #define SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE 7 #define SW_SHOWNA 8 #define SW_RESTORE 9 #define SW_SHOWDEFAULT 10 #define SW_FORCEMINIMIZE 11 #define SW_MAX 11Even if you don't use VC++, you may find it worth your while to install this component of Visual Studio, just to get these header files. It's not always so easy to find this level of information on MSDN.