☂️ Project the entire Win32 API

[halildurmus]

Currently, the JSON files define which APIs are projected by the generator.

In a future major release (not in v6, likely v7), I plan to expand the generator to project nearly the entire Win32 API, excluding a few outdated APIs. This will be made possible by leveraging Microsoft’s metadata, eliminating the need for the manual effort currently required to add new APIs -- a process that is both time-consuming and tedious.

The expanded scope will include:

• Win32 callbacks
• Win32 constants
• Win32 enumerations
• Win32 functions
• Win32 structures
• COM interfaces

[Levi-Lesches]

I have a concrete use-case at YehudaKremer/msix#292: Determining if your app is running with package identity:

#include <windows.h>
#include <appmodel.h>
#include <atlbase.h>
#include <VersionHelpers.h>

std::optional<bool> NativePlugin::checkIdentity() {
  if (!IsWindows8OrGreater()) return false;
  uint32_t length = 0;
  auto error = GetCurrentPackageFullName(&length, nullptr);
  if (error == APPMODEL_ERROR_NO_PACKAGE) {
    return false;
  } else if (error != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
    return std::nullopt;
  }
  std::vector<wchar_t> fullName(length);
  error = GetCurrentPackageFullName(&length, fullName.data());
  if (error != ERROR_SUCCESS) return std::nullopt;
  return true;
}

Seems this package doesn't include <appmodel.h>, so I can't use IsWindows8OrGreater() or GetCurrentPackageFullName().

[halildurmus]

Thanks for explaining your use case, @Levi-Lesches! I can add these functions easily.