cppwinrt how to access ABI for Microsoft.UI.Xaml?

[hereafter]

I noticed if i include <windows.ui.xaml.h> I am able to access ABIs of all Windows.UI.Xaml interfaces.

For Microsoft.ui.xaml, i have issues to locate the abi headers.
Where to find them?

[DarranRowe]

You have to generate them using the abi tool from the metadata (.winmd) files. You can get this from the Microsoft.Windows.AbiWinRT nuget package.

[DarranRowe]

The nuget packages are just .zip files in disguise, you can just extract the package and pull out abi.exe.
It is also easy enough to run on the command line and easy enough to add the headers to the project's additional include paths.

[hereafter]

yup got the tool

abi.exe now let me generate thanks

[hereafter]

abi -i "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.winmd" -verbose -reference sdk -reference "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe" -output .\inc
in: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.AI.MachineLearning.MachineLearningContract\5.0.0.0\Windows.AI.MachineLearning.MachineLearningContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.AI.MachineLearning.Preview.MachineLearningPreviewContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.AI.MachineLearning.Preview.MachineLearningPreviewContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.Background.CallsBackgroundContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.Background.CallsBackgroundContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.CallsPhoneContract\7.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.CallsPhoneContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.CallsVoipContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.CallsVoipContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.CommunicationBlocking.CommunicationBlockingContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.CommunicationBlocking.CommunicationBlockingContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.SocialInfo.SocialInfoContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.SocialInfo.SocialInfoContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.StartupTaskContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.ApplicationModel.StartupTaskContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Devices.Custom.CustomDeviceContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.Devices.Custom.CustomDeviceContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Devices.DevicesLowLevelContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.Devices.DevicesLowLevelContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Devices.Printers.PrintersContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.Devices.Printers.PrintersContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Devices.SmartCards.SmartCardBackgroundTriggerContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.Devices.SmartCards.SmartCardBackgroundTriggerContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Devices.SmartCards.SmartCardEmulatorContract\6.0.0.0\Windows.Devices.SmartCards.SmartCardEmulatorContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Foundation.FoundationContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.Foundation.FoundationContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract\15.0.0.0\Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Gaming.XboxLive.StorageApiContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.Gaming.XboxLive.StorageApiContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Graphics.Printing3D.Printing3DContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.Graphics.Printing3D.Printing3DContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Networking.Connectivity.WwanContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.Networking.Connectivity.WwanContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Networking.Sockets.ControlChannelTriggerContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.Networking.Sockets.ControlChannelTriggerContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Security.Isolation.IsolatedWindowsEnvironmentContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.Security.Isolation.IsolatedWindowsEnvironmentContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Services.Maps.GuidanceContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.Services.Maps.GuidanceContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Services.Maps.LocalSearchContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.Services.Maps.LocalSearchContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Services.Store.StoreContract\4.0.0.0\Windows.Services.Store.StoreContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Services.TargetedContent.TargetedContentContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.Services.TargetedContent.TargetedContentContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.Storage.Provider.CloudFilesContract\7.0.0.0\Windows.Storage.Provider.CloudFilesContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileHardwareTokenContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileHardwareTokenContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileRetailInfoContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileRetailInfoContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileSharedModeContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.System.Profile.ProfileSharedModeContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.System.Profile.SystemManufacturers.SystemManufacturersContract\3.0.0.0\Windows.System.Profile.SystemManufacturers.SystemManufacturersContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.System.SystemManagementContract\7.0.0.0\Windows.System.SystemManagementContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.UI.UIAutomation.UIAutomationContract\2.0.0.0\Windows.UI.UIAutomation.UIAutomationContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.UI.ViewManagement.ViewManagementViewScalingContract\1.0.0.0\Windows.UI.ViewManagement.ViewManagementViewScalingContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0\Windows.UI.Xaml.Core.Direct.XamlDirectContract\5.0.0.0\Windows.UI.Xaml.Core.Direct.XamlDirectContract.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxBlockMap.xml
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxSignature.p7x
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\CoreMessagingXP.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DWriteCore.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DeploymentAgent.exe
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DwmSceneI.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\MRM.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.DirectManipulation.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Foundation.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Graphics.Display.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Graphics.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.InputStateManager.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Internal.FrameworkUdk.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Composition.OSSupport.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Input.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Text.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Windowing.Core.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Internal.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Phone.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.UI.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.AppNotifications.Builder.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.AppNotifications.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.DynamicDependency.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.WindowsAppRuntime.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.PushNotifications.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.Security.AccessControl.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.System.Power.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.System.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.winmd
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Insights.Resource.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Release!1.2.0
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Release.Net.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.ui.xaml.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.ui.xaml.resources.19h1.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.ui.xaml.resources.common.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PushNotificationsLongRunningTask.ProxyStub.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\RestartAgent.exe
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinUIEdit.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsAppRuntime.png
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsAppSdk.AppxDeploymentExtensions.Desktop.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\dcompi.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\dwmcorei.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\marshal.dll
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\resources.pri
ref: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2_2000.777.2143.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\wuceffectsi.dll
out: C:\Users\hereafter\Desktop\Microsoft.Windows.AbiWinRT.2.0.210330.2\bin\inc
Invalid DOS signature

i got to invalid dos signature, may be i need to finetune what to include in ref

however error message above in my previous post suggest cppwinrt is now the new tool, then i dig i discover the following panel,
any settings in cppwinrt could help???

[DarranRowe]

Only .winmd files need to be referenced here. Also, if you are using sdk to reference the Windows SDK, you don't need to reference .winmd files that start with Windows.
Also, if you are referencing these files, you either reference the .winmd file directly or you copy them out of the package directory and place them in a separate directory. The tool is a bit dumb when it is recursively scanning for files.

[hereafter]

yup, it works, i need to remove all other files except winmd files
SDK is required for windows.foundation types

[hereafter]

abi -i "C:\Users\hereafter\Desktop\Microsoft.Windows.AbiWinRT.2.0.210330.2\ref" -verbose -reference sdk

for anyone curious

in the folder put all .winmd files nothing else.
sdk is required.