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How to use the Windows API in MinGW?

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How to use the Windows API in MinGW?

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SomeUser Avatar asked Oct 10 '09 21:10

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Whenever I've done this, I just

#include <windows.h>

and start coding. MinGW comes with a windows.h file so you don't need to do anything extra.

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Greg Hewgill Avatar answered Oct 13 '22 06:10

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I occasionally use the Windows API for Qt apps that I build using Qt Creator/MinGW - I just #include the appropriate Windows SDK header (the headers come with MinGW) and it just works. However, you may need to #define a few things in order that some API calls are exposed. For example, I recently needed to call SHGetSpecialFolderPath (found in shlobj.h) but needed to define _WIN32_IE to 0x0400 first.

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Rob Avatar answered Oct 13 '22 07:10

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