C++ handleProcess Error - c++

Question

I've been trying to code a C++ memory editor, and although I included the #include <Windows.h> library it still gives my an error the " handleprocess Was Not Declared!". Here is the code:
#include iostream
#include Windows.h
using namespace std;
int newScore;
int main()
{
HWND windowProgram = FindWindow(NULL,"Calculator");
cout << "Enter A new value to write:";
cin>>::newScore;
if(windowProgram == 0) {
cerr << "Unable To Locate Window" <<endl;
}else {
DWORD processID;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(windowProgram,&processID);
HANDLE handleProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,FALSE,processID);
}
if(!handleProcess){
cerr << "Unable to handle process: " <<handleProcess<< " ! " << endl;
}else {
int memoryHack = WriteProcessMemory(
handleProcess,
(LPVOID)0XA18803B1CC,
&newScore,
(DWORD)sizeof(newScore),NULL);
if(memoryHack > 0){
clog<< " Memory Written" <<endl;
}else{
cerr<<"Failed to write to memory"<<endl;
}
CloseHandle(handleProcess);
}
cin.sync(),
cin.ignore();
return (0);
}

Answer 1

You need to declare handleProcess somewhere else so that it's visible outside the else scope. For example:
// ...
HANDLE handleProcess = 0; // Declare and initialize here.
if (windowProgram == 0) {
cerr << "Unable To Locate Window" <<endl;
} else {
DWORD processID;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(windowProgram, &processID);
handleProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, processID);
}
if (!handleProcess) {
// ...
Note that this isn't just an identifier visibility problem. When the scope is exited, non-static variables created on the stack and inside the scope are destroyed and don't exist anymore.