| Using the SDK Headers This version of the Microsoft® Platform SDK enables you to create applications that run on Microsoft Windows® 95, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows .NET Server 2003 family. You can also create 64-bit applications. The header files use data types that allow you to build both 32- and 64-bit versions of your application from a single source code base. For more information, see Getting Ready for 64-bit Windows. Microsoft® Visual C++® includes content from the edition of the Platform SDK that was current at the time Visual C++ was released. Therefore, if you install the latest Platform SDK, you may end up with multiple versions of the same header files on your computer. To ensure that you are using the latest version of the SDK header files, follow the directions included in Installing the Platform SDK with Visual Studio. Otherwise, you will receive the following error when compiling code that uses features that were introduced after Visual C++ was released: error C2065: undeclared identifier. Certain functions that depend on a particular version of Windows are declared using conditional code. This enables you to use the compiler to detect whether your application uses functions that are not supported on its target version(s) of Windows. To compile an application that uses these functions, you must define the appropriate macros. Otherwise, you will receive the C2065 error message. The following table indicates the macros you must define to target each system. Minimum system required Macros to define Windows .NET Server 2003 family _WIN32_WINNT> =0x0502 Windows XP _WIN32_WINNT> =0x0501 Windows 2000 _WIN32_WINNT> =0x0500 Windows NT 4.0 _WIN32_WINNT> =0x0400 Windows Me _WIN32_WINDOWS=0x0490 Windows 98 _WIN32_WINDOWS> =0x0410 Internet Explorer 6.0 _WIN32_IE> =0x0600 Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 _WIN32_IE> =0x0501 Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.0a, 5.0b _WIN32_IE> =0x0500 Internet Explorer 4.01 _WIN32_IE> =0x0401 Internet Explorer 4.0 _WIN32_IE> =0x0400 Internet Explorer 3.0, 3.01, 3.02 _WIN32_IE> =0x0300 For example, to use the features specifically marked for Windows 2000 in the header files, you need to explicitly define _WIN32_WINNT as 0x0500 or greater. You can define the symbols using the #define statement in each source file, or by specifying the /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 compiler option supported by Visual C++. Visual C++ 6.0: To specify compiler options, go to the Projects menu and click Settings, then select the C/C++ tab. Visual C++ 7.0: To specify compiler options, go to the Projects menu and click Properties. The macros in Win32.mak can help you define the correct macros. The value of _WIN32_WINNT depends on the platform you choose to target. For more information, see Building Applications Using Win32.mak. |
