Use this tag for questions specific to the Rust for Windows crate.
Rust for Windows is Microsoft's library providing wrappers for the Win32, COM, and WinRT API surfaces.
Questions tagged [windows-rs]
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Why does a LoadCursorA call give a build error?
Why does a LoadCursorA generate 'trait implementation' build errors when a LoadCursorW call does not when using the rust Crate for Windows?
#[allow(dead_code)]
use windows::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::LoadCursorA;
use…
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Using IUIAutomationFocusChangedEventHandler interface in windows-rs
I am trying to use IUIAutomation::AddFocusChangedEventHandler using the official windows-rs crate, but in order to use it I need to implement the IUIAutomationFocusChangedEventHandler interface, which I am at a lose on how to do in rust
It seems…
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Proper handling of LPWSTR output in windows-rs
I noticed there are two ways of handling LPWSTR output types in the windows-rs crate; Both start with marshalling the string into a slice:
let len = (0..).take_while(|&i| *ptr.offset(i) != 0).count();
let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr,…
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Error while trying to get PID with FindWindowA and GetWindowThreadProcessId
I'm trying to get the PID of a program in rust using the Windows crate, with the FindWindowA and GetWindowThreadProcessId functions. My problem is that GetWindowThreadProcessId fails with error 1400.
fn main(){
unsafe{
let process_name:…
johnsc
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How to find a CLSID in rust for windows?
I'm using rust for windows to use the win32 API.
However, I need to initialize com library to use some windows APIs, but I cannot find some classes ID (CLSID), to create an instance.
I need to find the Speech ISpVoice CLSID to use in my instance…
MEMOGAMER000
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What does the error message "required by a bound in this" mean?
I have the following code:
use bindings::Windows::Win32::DisplayDevices::POINT;
use bindings::Windows::Win32::Gdi::{GetPixel, GetWindowDC, HDC};
use bindings::Windows::Win32::SystemServices::{BOOL, PSTR};
use…
Ayashi No Ceres
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