New Handle Types
In addition to the existing Windows handle types such as HWND, HDC, HBRUSH, and so on, WINDOWS.H defines the following new handle types. They are particularly important if STRICT type checking is enabled, but you can use them even if you do not define STRICT.
| Handle | Description |
| HINSTANCE | Instance handle type |
| HMODULE | Module handle type |
| HBITMAP | Bitmap handle type |
| HLOCAL | Local handle type |
| HGLOBAL | Global handle type |
| HTASK | Task handle type |
| HFILE | File handle type |
| HRSRC | Resource handle type |
| HGDIOBJ | Generic GDI object handle type (except HMETAFILE) |
| HMETAFILE | Metafile handle type |
| HDWP | DeferWindowPos( ) handle |
| HACCEL | Accelerator table handle |
| HDRVR | Driver handle |