Re [2] [Mingw-users] Re: WINVER constant value [WAS: GetConsoleWindow]

[Danny Smith <danny_r_smith_2001 at yahoo dot co dot nz>]

 --- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote: > "Gary R. Van Sickle" wrote:> 
> 
> What do MinGW users think?  How does this affect WINE and ReactOS?
> 
> The discussion here is that WINVER is defaulted to 0x0400 and all newer
> API is guarded with the appropriate version of Win32 OS in which they
> appeared in the w32api, yet with MS they change the value of WINVER to
> the new OS value with the new releases of their compilers.  The
> beginning of the thread exists in the cygwin-developers list.
> 
> My opinion is stated it the first paragraph above.
> 
> Earnie.
>

The MS default (set to latest and greatest) seems to encourage the development
of apps that require the latest and greatest version of the OS.  After all,
that is their business.  
 
Setting the default to a minimal value of 0x0400 represents the opposite
stance.  

Personally, I prefer the current settings of the w32api.

Danny
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