WinUtils.cpp

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/*  Copyright (C) 2008 National Institute For Space Research (INPE) - Brazil.

    This file is part of the TerraLib - a Framework for building GIS enabled applications.

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/*!
  \file terralib/common/WinUtils.cpp

  \brief This file contains several utility functions when dealing with Microsoft Windows specific API.
*/

// TerraLib
#include "../Defines.h"
#include "WinUtils.h"

#if TE_PLATFORM == TE_PLATFORMCODE_MSWINDOWS
// Windows
#include <windows.h>

const std::string te::common::win::GetLastError()
{
  DWORD dwMessageId = ::GetLastError();

  LPVOID lpMsgBuf = 0;

  FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
                NULL,
                dwMessageId,
                MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
                0,
                NULL);

  if(lpMsgBuf == 0)
    return std::string("");

  std::string msg((char*)(lpMsgBuf));

  LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);

  return msg;
}

#endif  // TE_PLATFORM == TE_PLATFORMCODE_MSWINDOWS