BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION

If defined, designates the target Windows API version. The version should be given as hexadecimal integer, same as the _WIN32_WINNT macro values. Some of the versions are given here. If the macro is not defined, the version is deduced from _WIN32_WINNT and WINVER macros, if they are defined, or the default version is chosen. The default version is currently Windows Vista/Server 2008 on compilers that support this version of SDK and Windows XP on others. The default may change in future releases.

BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION

If defined, designates the target Windows API version down to a particular Service Pack. This macro offers a more fine grained way to define the target Windows version than BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION. The version should be given as hexadecimal integer, same as the NTDDI_VERSION macro values. Some of the versions are given here. If the macro is not defined, the version is deduced from NTDDI_VERSION and BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION macros, in the latter case defaulting to the latest revision of the indicated Windows version. If BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION is defined, BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION is also expected to be defined to a corresponding value.

BOOST_USE_WINAPI_FAMILY

If defined, designates the Windows API family to use. The family can be set to one of the values of the WINAPI_FAMILY.

BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H

This macro is part of Boost.Config. If defined, Boost.WinAPI will include <windows.h> and any other headers from Windows SDK as needed. Otherwise Boost.WinAPI will provide its own declarations of the SDK components as needed without including SDK headers.

BOOST_NO_ANSI_APIS

This macro is defined by Boost.Config on platforms that do not support narrow-character versions of some APIs. Boost.WinAPI will not declare narrow-character APIs when this macro is defined.

BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION,
BOOST_USE_NTDDI_VERSION

If not defined by user, these macros are defined by the header to the target Windows API version.

BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_NT4,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN2K,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINXP,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WS03,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN6,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_VISTA,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WS08,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_LONGHORN,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN7,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN8,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINBLUE,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WINTHRESHOLD,
BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_WIN10

These macros expand to the constants designating the particular Windows versions and can be used together with BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION in preprocessor version checks.

BOOST_WINAPI_IS_MINGW

Defined if Windows SDK is provided by MinGW.

BOOST_WINAPI_IS_MINGW_W64

Defined if Windows SDK is provided by MinGW-w64. Note that is does not mean that the code is compiled for 64-bit Windows.

BOOST_WINAPI_IS_CYGWIN

Defined if Windows SDK is provided by MinGW variant from Cygwin.