Windows API bindings for Rux. All functions follow the official Microsoft Win32 documentation.
Add Windows to your Rux.toml:
[Dependencies]
Windows = "0.1.0"
| Module |
Library |
Category |
Kernel32 |
kernel32.dll |
Memory, Console, Process, Strings |
Functions for heap-based memory allocation.
| Function |
Description |
GetProcessHeap() |
Returns a handle to the default heap of the calling process |
HeapAlloc() |
Allocates a block of memory from a specified heap |
HeapReAlloc() |
Reallocates a block of memory from a heap |
HeapFree() |
Frees a memory block allocated from a heap |
Low-level memory utility routines (RTL).
| Function |
Description |
RtlFillMemory() |
Fills a block of memory with a specified value |
RtlZeroMemory() |
Fills a block of memory with zeros |
RtlCopyMemory() |
Copies a block of memory to another location |
Functions for allocating and writing to a console.
| Function |
Description |
AllocConsole() |
Allocates a new console for the calling process |
GetStdHandle() |
Retrieves a handle to a standard device (stdin, stdout, stderr) |
WriteConsoleA() |
Writes a string of ANSI characters to the console |
WriteConsoleW() |
Writes a string of UTF-16 characters to the console |
Beep() |
Generates a tone on the system speaker |
| Function |
Description |
MultiByteToWideChar() |
Converts a multi-byte ANSI string to a UTF-16 wide string |
| Function |
Description |
Sleep() |
Suspends the execution of the current thread |
ExitProcess() |
Terminates the calling process and all its threads |
| Function |
Description |
GetLastError() |
Retrieves the last-error code of the calling thread |
import Windows;
func Main() -> int {
// Allocate memory from the process heap
let heap = GetProcessHeap();
let mem = HeapAlloc(heap, 0, 1024);
RtlZeroMemory(mem, 1024);
// Write to console
let stdout = GetStdHandle(0xFFFFFFF5);
let msg = "Hello, Windows!\n";
let written: uint32 = 0;
WriteConsoleA(stdout, msg.data, msg.length as uint32, &written, null);
HeapFree(heap, 0, mem);
ExitProcess(0);
return 0;
}
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