yuchdev / WinapiHelpers

Set of WinAPI wrappers, e.g. Registry, Service Control Manager, BIOS, Process management, etc.

WinAPI Helpers

Description

Set of C++ WinAPI wrappers, the following functionality is covered:

• BIOS information
• COM Initializer
• Windows exceptions (deprecated in C++11)
• Remote Access Service exceptions
• RAII wrappers for Windows handles
• RAII wrappers for Windows Heap
• Volume and partition information
• CPU information
• Native memory management
• Single instance application pattern
• Process and elevation management
• Windows Registry management
• Service Control Manager helper
• Special paths (e.g. System directory, Temp directory, Local Appdata directory)
• General system information (e.g. Windows version, build, edition)
• General user information (e.g. Username, GUID, SID, Home directory)

Build

Generate CMake config files, and run build using the active toolset (MSVC for Windows, Ninja for Linux)

Windows

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

Windows with custom Boost location

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBOOST_ROOT=C:/boost

Windows with specific system version

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1

Windows with DLL configuration

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON

Linux

cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

Build using active toolchain

cmake --build . --config Debug --parallel 2 --verbose

Using with Conan

python -m conan install . --profile conan/profiles/windows_msvc_16_release
call activate.bat
cmake ..  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=%CD:\=/%
cmake --build . --config Release
call deactivate.bat