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This PR fixes critical compilation errors preventing the Windows build from succeeding. The errors were primarily caused by mixing ANSI (narrow) and Unicode (wide) string types when calling Windows APIs.

Root Cause

The Windows platform implementation was inconsistently using ANSI versions of Windows APIs (like LoadLibrary, CreateWindow, GetWindowText) while passing wide string literals and Unicode string types. This created compilation errors due to type mismatches between LPCSTR and const wchar_t*.

Key Changes

1. Consistent Unicode API Usage

Converted all Windows API calls to use Unicode (W) versions:

  • LoadLibraryLoadLibraryW
  • CreateWindowCreateWindowW
  • RegisterClassRegisterClassW
  • GetWindowTextGetWindowTextW
  • SetWindowTextSetWindowTextW
  • LoadImageLoadImageW
  • FindWindowFindWindowW
  • Shell_NotifyIconShell_NotifyIconW
  • And many others...

2. Structure Type Corrections

Updated Windows structures to use Unicode variants:

  • MENUITEMINFOMENUITEMINFOW
  • NOTIFYICONDATANOTIFYICONDATAW
  • WNDCLASSWNDCLASSW

3. String Conversion Fixes

Fixed string type mismatches in display_manager_windows.cpp where CHAR arrays were incorrectly being converted to std::wstring. Now correctly converts to std::string for narrow character device names.

4. Missing Constants and Access Issues

  • Added SM_SCREENREADER constant definition for older Windows SDK versions
  • Fixed KeyboardMonitor::Impl private class access by adding friend declaration
  • Added missing namespace closing brace in window_windows.cpp

5. Platform-Specific Compatibility

  • Used _strdup instead of deprecated strdup on Windows to eliminate warnings
  • Added proper buffer size parameters for security functions like wcscpy_s and wcsncpy_s

Impact

These changes resolve all Windows compilation errors identified in the failed GitHub Actions build, enabling successful compilation on Windows platforms while maintaining compatibility with the existing codebase structure.

The fixes ensure consistent Unicode support throughout the Windows platform implementation, which is the recommended approach for modern Windows development and provides better internationalization support.


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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits August 26, 2025 23:17
Co-authored-by: lijy91 <3889523+lijy91@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: lijy91 <3889523+lijy91@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] 解决 Windows 平台编译错误的问题 https://github.com/libnativeapi/libnativeapi/actions/runs/17252442527/job/48957515301 Fix Windows platform compilation errors - Unicode API calls and string encoding Aug 26, 2025
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D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\keyboard_monitor_windows.cpp(32,30): error C2248: 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor::Impl': cannot access private class declared in class 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\keyboard_monitor_windows.cpp(9,24):
see declaration of 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor::Impl'
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\keyboard_monitor.h(45,7):
see declaration of 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor'

D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\keyboard_monitor_windows.cpp(36,42): error C2248: 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor::Impl': cannot access private class declared in class 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\keyboard_monitor_windows.cpp(9,24):
see declaration of 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor::Impl'
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\keyboard_monitor.h(45,7):
see declaration of 'nativeapi::KeyboardMonitor'

D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\menu_windows.cpp(137,8): warning C4311: 'reinterpret_cast': pointer truncation from 'HMENU' to 'nativeapi::MenuID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\menu_windows.cpp(137,8): warning C4302: 'reinterpret_cast': truncation from 'HMENU' to 'nativeapi::MenuID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
tray_manager_windows.cpp
tray_windows.cpp
window_manager_windows.cpp
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_manager_windows.cpp(25,17): warning C4312: 'reinterpret_cast': conversion from 'nativeapi::WindowID' to 'HWND' of greater size [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_manager_windows.cpp(62,29): warning C4311: 'reinterpret_cast': pointer truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_manager_windows.cpp(62,29): warning C4302: 'reinterpret_cast': truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_manager_windows.cpp(82,29): warning C4311: 'reinterpret_cast': pointer truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_manager_windows.cpp(82,29): warning C4302: 'reinterpret_cast': truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
window_windows.cpp
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_windows.cpp(46,10): warning C4311: 'reinterpret_cast': pointer truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\platform\windows\window_windows.cpp(46,10): warning C4302: 'reinterpret_cast': truncation from 'HWND' to 'nativeapi::WindowID' [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
accessibility_manager_c.cpp
display_manager_c.cpp
D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\src\capi\display_manager_c.cpp(81,31): warning C4267: '=': conversion from 'size_t' to 'long', possible loss of data [D:\a\libnativeapi\libnativeapi\build\src\libnativeapi.vcxproj]
keyboard_monitor_c.cpp
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