Homebrew Can you use Windows.h in a 3DS homebrew project?

[Teun1]

Hi,

Can you link it to a 3ds project, or do you need to find other ways without the Windows.h libs?

Thanks.

 

[Deleted User]

Pretty sure you need to use something else.

 

[daxtsu]

No, you cannot, because the 3DS doesn't run Windows, nor does it use any of its libraries.

 

[Teun1]

Was thinking the same, but gave a try to ask it. Thanks both for replying. Thread can be closed.

 

[Slashcash]

Hi,

Can you link it to a 3ds project, or do you need to find other ways without the Windows.h libs?

Thanks.

I feel quite strange responding to this but...of course not.

But i heard someone is working on porting that library to 3ds.

 

[daxtsu]

The closest you could *maybe* come to that is using dosbox to run Windows 3.x or 95, but then you'd be programming for an ancient version of Windows..

 

[Teun1]

This was maybe the stupidest question I've ever asked here. Still no idea whats wrong with me at that night

 

[orochi115]

If you just want to use the data types defined there, without using any functions or extern variables, that doesn't require linking windows libraries. Then you can try windows.h from a mingw distribution. However, the only useful data types I can think of are redefines of primitive types, of which you should copy the typedefs into a separate file. If you are porting a library from windows, you have to know exactly why it depends on windows files.

 

[raulpica]

OP requested lock.