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Send Error Message To Stdout

06.12.2010

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        // win32 error message reporter

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void ErrorMessage() 
{ 
    LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
    LPVOID lpDisplayBuf;
    DWORD dw = GetLastError(); 

    FormatMessage(
        FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | 
        FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
        NULL,
		dw,
        MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
        (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
        0, NULL );

	cout << (LPTSTR)lpMsgBuf << endl;
    LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
    LocalFree(lpDisplayBuf);
}

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