Win32Common.cpp

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/* ============================================================
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 * Copyright (C) 2014 Johannes Wienke <jwienke at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de>
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#include "Win32Common.h"

#include <string>

#include <windows.h>

namespace rsc {
namespace os {

std::string GetLastErrorString() {
    DWORD errorMessageID = ::GetLastError();
    LPSTR messageBuffer = nullptr;
    size_t size = FormatMessageA(
            FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM
                    | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
            NULL, errorMessageID, MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
            (LPSTR) & messageBuffer, 0, NULL);
    std::string message(messageBuffer, size);
    LocalFree(messageBuffer);
    return message;
}

}
}