// mingw-w64 tends to define it as 0x0502 in its headers.
#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#undef _WIN32_IE
// Require at least Windows XP(5.1) API.
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
if (!ErrMsg)
return true;
char *buffer = NULL;
- FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
- NULL, GetLastError(), 0, (LPSTR)&buffer, 1, NULL);
- *ErrMsg = prefix + buffer;
+ DWORD R = FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+ NULL, GetLastError(), 0, (LPSTR)&buffer, 1, NULL);
+ if (R)
+ *ErrMsg = prefix + buffer;
+ else
+ *ErrMsg = prefix + "Unknown error";
+
LocalFree(buffer);
- return true;
+ return R != 0;
}
template <typename HandleTraits>