Subject: Re: [boost] [winapi] Default target Windows version
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-23 17:06:21
On Thursday 24 October 2013 00:45:03 Sergey Cheban wrote:
> 24.10.2013 0:12, Edward Diener пишет:
> > All that the VC++12 xp build does is allow your program to run under
> > Windows XP. Without that configuration your program will fail if running
> > under Windows XP. It may also set the _WIN32_WINNT macro automatically.
> > You should try it out to see if it does.
>
> Windows SDK 7.1A:
>
> #if !defined(_WIN32_WINNT) && !defined(_CHICAGO_)
> #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601
> #endif
Maybe it would be a good idea to just include sdkddkver.h and then analyze
_WIN32_WINNT value so that Boost automatically uses the right WinAPI. If the
user does not define this macro then we use whatever the default is in the
current SDK.