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When compiling, the compiler doesn seem to find the correct definitions for a specific Windows version or a specific Internet Explorer version. Why is that?

April 26, 2017compiler compiling internet explorer version Windows

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When compiling, the compiler doesn seem to find the correct definitions for a specific Windows version or a specific Internet Explorer version. Why is that?

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You need to set defines *_WIN32_WINDOWS*, *_WIN32_WINNT*, *WINVER* and/or *_WIN32_IE* to the minimum platform you plan to support before including the windows.h header file. Possible values for these definitions can be found in the [w32api.h|header-w32api_h] file.