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  nHiWord( nLong )-> <nHiWord>
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 PARAMETER:

  <nLong> is the numeric DWORD value ( long int, 4 bytes) 



 RETURNS:

  <nHiWord> is the most significant word of <nLong>


 DESCRIPTION:

  A DWORD is made of two words, or 4 bytes: a low word and a high word. This
  function retrieves the high order word, which, for example, is used if you
  examine the lParam argument of some windows messages.


 EXAMPLE:


   +-------------------------------------------------------------+
   |    nWidth  = ( x * nLoWord( GetDialogBaseUnits() ) ) / 4    |
   |    nHeight = ( y * nHiWord( GetDialogBaseUnits() ) ) / 8    |
   +-------------------------------------------------------------+


 SOURCE:

  SOURCE\FUNCTION\HILOWORD.C



See Also: nLoByte nLoWord nHiByte nMakeLong
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