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glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 5:58 PM

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WinMain is defined in your source file and is the program's entry point (as opposed to main for console applications)

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:24 PM

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it says win7 apps only

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:25 PM

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What page is that?

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:25 PM

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what does it mean ? the apps i will make will not work in windows 10

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/combaseapi/nf-combaseapi-iid_ppv_args

IID_PPV_ARGS macro (combaseapi.h) - Win32 apps

Used to retrieve an interface pointer, supplying the IID value of the requested interface automatically based on the type of the interface pointer used. This avoids a common coding error by checking the type of the value passed at compile time.

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this is the alternative to windows.h for dealing with the windows api

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:26 PM

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How does a random WinAPI macro relate to WinMain

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:26 PM

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this is another question

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do you know any windows.h alternatives ?

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:27 PM

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That is an extremely broad question

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WinAPI provides an extremely wide range of functionalities, you'll have to be more specific

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:28 PM

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i want to deal with windows api

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but

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windows.h is bad

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and not well documented

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:28 PM

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windows.h is WinAPI

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:29 PM

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yes

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but not well documented

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:29 PM

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Welcome to Microsoft product documentation

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:29 PM

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it is bad

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that is why i want an alternative to windows.h

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:30 PM

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I don't understand your question

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:31 PM

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i mean c++ has an alternative to windows.h

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:31 PM

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You want to interface with Windows while not using any of the headers provided by windows.h?

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:31 PM

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look

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windows.h is not well documented

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the documentation provided by ms is not good at all

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they mixed everything

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like the windows types

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lpstr is not found anywhere and it is only in winnt.h

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:32 PM

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I've been working with WinAPI for the past three years so yes, believe me when I say I know how bad they are

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:32 PM

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what confuses me the most is lpstr can be used without winnt.h

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:32 PM

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However I do not understand your question

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:33 PM

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look

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do you use c or c++ ?

glacial elm Apr 13, 2024, 7:33 PM

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Is that relevant?

copper valley Apr 13, 2024, 7:33 PM

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yes

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just answer me

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