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27<a name="winapi.config"></a><a class="link" href="config.html" title="Configuration">Configuration</a>
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29<p>
30      Boost.WinAPI recognizes the following configuration macros:
31    </p>
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33<a name="winapi.config.configuration_macros"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1.1. Configuration macros</b></p>
34<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Configuration macros">
35<colgroup>
36<col>
37<col>
38</colgroup>
39<thead><tr>
40<th>
41              <p>
42                Macro name
43              </p>
44            </th>
45<th>
46              <p>
47                Effect
48              </p>
49            </th>
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54              <p>
55                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code>
56              </p>
57            </td>
58<td>
59              <p>
60                If defined, designates the target Windows API version. The version
61                should be given as hexadecimal integer, same as the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_WIN32_WINNT</span></code> macro values. Some
62                of the versions are given <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383745(v=vs.100).aspx#macros_for_conditional_declarations" target="_top">here</a>.
63                If the macro is not defined, the version is deduced from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_WIN32_WINNT</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">WINVER</span></code> macros, if they are defined,
64                or the default version is chosen. The default version is currently
65                Windows Vista/Server 2008 on compilers that support this version
66                of SDK and Windows XP on others. The default may change in future
67                releases.
68              </p>
69            </td>
70</tr>
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72<td>
73              <p>
74                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION</span></code>
75              </p>
76            </td>
77<td>
78              <p>
79                If defined, designates the target Windows API version down to a particular
80                Service Pack. This macro offers a more fine grained way to define
81                the target Windows version than <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code>.
82                The version should be given as hexadecimal integer, same as the
83                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">NTDDI_VERSION</span></code> macro
84                values. Some of the versions are given <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383745(v=vs.100).aspx#macros_for_conditional_declarations" target="_top">here</a>.
85                If the macro is not defined, the version is deduced from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">NTDDI_VERSION</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code> macros,
86                in the latter case defaulting to the latest revision of the indicated
87                Windows version. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION</span></code>
88                is defined, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code>
89                is also expected to be defined to a corresponding value.
90              </p>
91            </td>
92</tr>
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94<td>
95              <p>
96                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_FAMILY</span></code>
97              </p>
98            </td>
99<td>
100              <p>
101                If defined, designates the Windows API family to use. The family
102                can be set to one of the values of the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">WINAPI_FAMILY</span></code>.
103              </p>
104            </td>
105</tr>
106<tr>
107<td>
108              <p>
109                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H</span></code>
110              </p>
111            </td>
112<td>
113              <p>
114                This macro is part of Boost.Config. If defined, Boost.WinAPI will
115                include <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">windows</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and any other headers from Windows
116                SDK as needed. Otherwise Boost.WinAPI will provide its own declarations
117                of the SDK components as needed without including SDK headers.
118              </p>
119            </td>
120</tr>
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122<td>
123              <p>
124                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_NO_ANSI_APIS</span></code>
125              </p>
126            </td>
127<td>
128              <p>
129                This macro is defined by Boost.Config on platforms that do not support
130                narrow-character versions of some APIs. Boost.WinAPI will not declare
131                narrow-character APIs when this macro is defined.
132              </p>
133            </td>
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138<br class="table-break"><p>
139      User's code can include <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">winapi</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">config</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> to define a number of macros that can be
140      useful. Including this header is recommended in any code that involves Windows
141      API usage.
142    </p>
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144<a name="winapi.config.defined_configuration_macros"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1.2. Defined configuration macros</b></p>
145<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Defined configuration macros">
146<colgroup>
147<col>
148<col>
149</colgroup>
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151<th>
152              <p>
153                Macro name
154              </p>
155            </th>
156<th>
157              <p>
158                Effect
159              </p>
160            </th>
161</tr></thead>
162<tbody>
163<tr>
164<td>
165              <p>
166                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code>,<br>
167                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION</span></code>
168              </p>
169            </td>
170<td>
171              <p>
172                If not defined by user, these macros are defined by the header to
173                the target Windows API version.
174              </p>
175            </td>
176</tr>
177<tr>
178<td>
179              <p>
180                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_NT4</span></code>,<br>
181                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN2K</span></code>,<br>
182                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINXP</span></code>,<br>
183                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WS03</span></code>,<br>
184                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN6</span></code>,<br>
185                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_VISTA</span></code>,<br>
186                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WS08</span></code>,<br>
187                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_LONGHORN</span></code>,<br>
188                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN7</span></code>,<br>
189                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN8</span></code>,<br>
190                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINBLUE</span></code>,<br>
191                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINTHRESHOLD</span></code>,<br>
192                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN10</span></code>
193              </p>
194            </td>
195<td>
196              <p>
197                These macros expand to the constants designating the particular Windows
198                versions and can be used together with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION</span></code>
199                in preprocessor version checks.
200              </p>
201            </td>
202</tr>
203<tr>
204<td>
205              <p>
206                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_IS_MINGW</span></code>
207              </p>
208            </td>
209<td>
210              <p>
211                Defined if Windows SDK is provided by <a href="http://mingw.org/" target="_top">MinGW</a>.
212              </p>
213            </td>
214</tr>
215<tr>
216<td>
217              <p>
218                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_IS_MINGW_W64</span></code>
219              </p>
220            </td>
221<td>
222              <p>
223                Defined if Windows SDK is provided by <a href="http://mingw-w64.org" target="_top">MinGW-w64</a>.
224                Note that is does not mean that the code is compiled for 64-bit Windows.
225              </p>
226            </td>
227</tr>
228<tr>
229<td>
230              <p>
231                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_WINAPI_IS_CYGWIN</span></code>
232              </p>
233            </td>
234<td>
235              <p>
236                Defined if Windows SDK is provided by MinGW variant from <a href="https://cygwin.com/" target="_top">Cygwin</a>.
237              </p>
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