Error compile with "libloaderapi.h" library in Visual studio

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Error compile with "libloaderapi.h" library in Visual studio

Nguyen Ba Quan (GAM.DAP) 6

Hi,
I would like to using "libloaderapi.h" library that allocated in "Kernel32.lib" Library and "Kernel32.dll" DLL
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-getprocaddress

But when I compiled the program with visual studio 2019, there is an error with the library "minwinbase.h"

typedef RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION CRITICAL_SECTION;
typedef PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION PCRITICAL_SECTION;
typedef PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION LPCRITICAL_SECTION;

typedef RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG;
typedef PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG PCRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG;
typedef PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG LPCRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG;

Error: identifier is undefined.
these are declared in "winnt.h"

I have added the links to the libraries: libloaderapi.h, minwinbase.h, winnt.h in VC++ directories, C/C++/General, Linker/input. But it's still fail
Please help me
Thanks

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Answer 1

Castorix31 90,681

You don't need to include it
As the doc says, just

#include <windows.h>

Nguyen Ba Quan (GAM.DAP) 6 Reputation points

2022-01-19T09:12:51.333+00:00

when I have used the "window.h" library, there are many errors with the library: minwinbase.h, errhandlingapi.h, fibersapi.h, heapapi.h, synchapi.h
Castorix31 90,681 Reputation points

2022-01-19T09:27:37.1+00:00

You don't need those headers when they are included by windows.h

Answer 2

Nguyen Ba Quan (GAM.DAP) 6

currently, I'm working on windows driver framework(WDF) with kernel mode driver(KMDF), can this library work in this mode?

YujianYao-MSFT 4,296 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-01-20T07:21:26.187+00:00

Hi @Nguyen Ba Quan (GAM.DAP) ,

According to the documentation, WDF can use library files, you could refer to this method to load dynamic libraries.

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