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For that reason, this and many other projects are being archived until new versions are made public; archived project may still have bugs or features not complete.\n\n\u003e HLWA stands for High-Level Windows Abstraction and is an API developed for C++ developers to quickly build code to access the windows API for projects. This project originally was named HLWR (High-Level Windows Registry) however I've been merging all projects together into one main abstraction.\n\n---\n### How To Compile\n\n\u003e **Note**: If you want to user the compiled static library, output build location is %root%/bin/HLWA/%buildcfg%-%system%-%architecture%/HLWA.lib.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **Note**: Be aware, by default, `CS_HLWA_E_ALL` is defined in both `premake5.lua` \u0026 `CMakeLists.txt` for project `HLWA` (however each extension or all extensions can be enabled when including the header file).\n\n##### Visual Studio (+ premake5)\n\n- Run `build-premake5-vs22-clang.bat`.\n- Open `HLWA.sln`.\n- Compile for Build/Release.\n\n##### Visual Studio (+ CMake)\n\n- Run `build-cmake-vs22-clang.bat`.\n- Goto `build/`.\n- Open `HLWA.sln`.\n- Compile for Build/Release.\n\n##### CMake (clang/gcc) **DOES NOT CURRENTLY WORK**\n\n- Run `build-cmake-clang.bat` or `build-cmake-gcc.bat`.\n- Run `compile-cmake-debug.bat` or `compile-cmake-release.bat`.     **As of right now, this does not work as intended!!!**\n\n---\n### FAQ\n\n\u003e **Q**: I thought this was a lightweight single-header API?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **A**: As of recent, some code has been moved into an implementation file; however it's still lightweight and can be thrown directly in your project.\n\n\u003e **Q**: Can I use UTF8 instead of UTF16 strings?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **A**: Yes you can, define `CS_GWR_USEUTF8STRINGS` before including this header file.\n\n\u003e **Q**: Will `Windows.h` leak into my project?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **A**: No, in a previous update converting from single-header API to a simple lightweight API, we moved the `#include` statement into the implementation file and forward declared `HKEY` internally (this is currently still visible though; no direct windows functionality however).\n\n\u003e **Q**: When will standalone CMake clang/gcc work?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **A**: I'm not focusing on those issues right now, however if anyone has a solution to the cli errors when compiling the CMake project using standalone compilers, please reach out to us.\n\n\u003e **Q**: The code for user input looks like GLFW, is this true?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003e **A**: All credit for how input is interpreted goes to GLFW, while I did do all my touches and features as well as how some things get passed to the user, ultimately it's all derived from GLFW; otherwise everything else (except for repainting in the `WindowProc`) is solely self-developed. One change that I have been trying to focus on is making it depend on scancodes rather then QWERTY layout specifications.\n\n---\n### How To Use\n\n##### Enabling Extensions\n\n\u003e The API is split up between extensions, all of which can contribute to one another but built in isolated sections of code. It's recommended to only include `core.hpp` and specify the extension as macros of which you want to use. Here are a list of extensions you can enable:\n\n\u003e **Note**: Documentation for each extension coming soon...\n\n- `CS_HLWA_E_ALL`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_ACCENTS`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_DISPLAYMESH`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_GLASSWARE`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_JUMPLIST`        **WIP; Planned (experimenting).**\n- `CS_HLWA_E_LOGPROCESSOR`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_REGISTRY`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_TASKBAR`\n- `CS_HLWA_E_TOAST`           **WIP; Planned (experimenting).**\n- `CS_HLWA_E_TRAY`            **WIP; Planned (experimenting).**\n- `CS_HLWA_E_UTILS`\n\n##### Examples\n\n\u003e Examples have been moved into separate projects under `examples/`. Each extension provides at least 1 basic example.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcogan-software%2Fhlwa","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fcogan-software%2Fhlwa","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcogan-software%2Fhlwa/lists"}