0.51.0

As requested by #2603, this update includes the first published update to the windows crate in 5 months. As a reminder, updates are only published by request.

• This includes a semver-compatible update to the windows-targets crate.
• The windows crate now depends on the windows-core crate.
• The windows, windows-core, windows-implement, and windows-interface crates have been bumped to version 0.51.0 as there have been breaking changes.
• The windows-targets crate has been bumped to version 0.48.2 as it remains compatible with previous versions.
• Notably, an expanded set of WDK APIs are now available.
• Other crates will not be updated at this time.

What's Changed

• Ensure that all nullable params support None by @kennykerr in #2535
• Lock readme samples to last published version by @kennykerr in #2538
• Consolidate code generation by @kennykerr in #2544
• Add reference for spurious warning about cdylib dependency by @kennykerr in #2545
• Minor refactoring following #2544 by @kennykerr in #2546
• Test cross platform code generation by @kennykerr in #2547
• Run code formatting workflow on Linux by @kennykerr in #2548
• Riddle fixes and improvements by @kennykerr in #2549
• Improve rust output and formatting by @kennykerr in #2550
• Improve panic diagnostics by @kennykerr in #2551
• Update metadata readme.md by @kennykerr in #2553
• Add initial riddle support for methods and parameters by @kennykerr in #2554
• windows-targets 0.48.1 by @kennykerr in #2558
• Add CredEnumerate sample by @riverar in #2559
• Tweak riddle arguments by @riverar in #2563
• AsImpl::as_impl should be unsafe by @kennykerr in #2565
• Add comment for suspect clippy warning by @kennykerr in #2567
• Move to Rust edition 2021 and version 1.56 by @kennykerr in #2568
• Resolve clippy warning in tear-off by @kennykerr in #2569
• Update Win32 and WDK metadata by @kennykerr in #2573
• Metadata parsing and indexing improvements by @kennykerr in #2581
• Prefer explicit casts by @kennykerr in #2582
• Riddle dialects by @kennykerr in #2586
• Metadata parsing improvements by @kennykerr in #2592
• Metadata processing improvements by @kennykerr in #2598
• Version 0.51.0 by @kennykerr in #2605

Full Changelog: 0.50.0...0.51.0

windows-targets 0.48.1

This is a semver-compatible update to the windows-targets crate to improve gnullvm compatibility by including #2515 as requested in #2557.

Other crates will not be updated at this time.

windows-core 0.50.0

This update includes the first published version of the windows-core crate (#2475) as requested in #2527.

Other crates will not be updated at this time.

What's Changed

• Preliminary support for variadic functions by @kennykerr in #2457
• Workaround for variadic API function support by @kennykerr in #2458
• Improve metadata reader's type_def_extends to return Option by @kennykerr in #2460
• Add baseline readme by @kennykerr in #2461
• Smarter filtering for windows-sys generation by @kennykerr in #2465
• Introduce windows-core crate by @kennykerr in #2475
• Transform BOOL and Win32 return values by @kennykerr in #2476
• Hide standalone_std function by @kennykerr in #2477
• Include nested dependencies in standalone code generation by @Jake-Shadle in #2480
• Improve bindings in windows-core crate by @kennykerr in #2482
• Further simplify windows-core bindings by @kennykerr in #2483
• Support overloads in standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2486
• Stabilize raw_dylib and debugger_visualizer by @kennykerr in #2497
• Collect all typedefs with same name by @Jake-Shadle in #2495
• Remove unused field by @kennykerr in #2503
• Fix constant type collection by @Jake-Shadle in #2505
• Only exclude inline function constants by @kennykerr in #2506
• Update to riddle and metadata generation by @kennykerr in #2510
• Tweak web syndication sample to work with more web servers by @kennykerr in #2512
• Metadata generation progress by @kennykerr in #2516
• Avoid using unstable target abi feature by @mati865 in #2515
• Improved attribute parsing and generation by @kennykerr in #2518
• Update syn dependency by @kennykerr in #2519
• Metadata parsing and generation by @kennykerr in #2525
• Use std::mem::zeroed with type inference by @kennykerr in #2526
• Implement std::error::Error for new metadata Error type by @MarijnS95 in #2528
• Version 0.50.0 by @kennykerr in #2529

Full Changelog: 0.49.0...0.50.0

0.49.0

An update to the windows-bindgen and windows-metadata crates, as requested in rust-lang/rust#110152 (comment).

Other crates will not be updated at this time.

What's Changed

• Standalone code generation now includes dependencies automatically by @kennykerr in #2416
• Limit core types for standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2421
• Improved metadata diagnostic for invalid or missing nested types by @kennykerr in #2423
• Support multi-arch definitions in standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2426
• Improve link formatting by @kennykerr in #2428
• Produce conservative enum definitions in standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2430
• Enable additional raw-dylib testing by @kennykerr in #2433
• Small fix for standalone generation of individual enumerators by @kennykerr in #2434
• Add standalone code generation support for the Rust Standard Library by @kennykerr in #2439
• Adds link_name support to the windows-targets crate by @kennykerr in #2440
• Win32 metadata workarounds by @kennykerr in #2441
• Consolidate formatting code by @kennykerr in #2442
• Streamlined Win32 metadata iteration by @kennykerr in #2444
• Simplified link generation by @kennykerr in #2445
• Hardening for empty structs by @kennykerr in #2447
• Update Win32 v49 and WDK v4 by @kennykerr in #2446
• Remove metadata workarounds by @kennykerr in #2448
• Fix link_name generation in standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2450
• Version 0.49.0 by @kennykerr in #2454

Full Changelog: 0.48.0...0.49.0

0.48.0

This release includes an update to all crates to address a target version reliability issue. This issue is detailed here: #2410 (comment)

What's Changed

• Improve target version reliability by @kennykerr in #2412

Full Changelog: 0.47.0...0.48.0

0.47.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2397; microsoft/win32metadata#1507). This release provides an update to the windows crate. It does not include an update to the windows-sys crate.

This update adds support for standalone code generation (#2396) as well as requested fixes to the Win32 metadata that prevented some APIs from being used.

What's Changed

• Workaround for rustdoc regression by @kennykerr in #2381
• Token privilege samples by @kennykerr in #2382
• Apply const parameter metadata by @kennykerr in #2384
• Advanced metadata filtering by @kennykerr in #2385
• Update Win32 metadata v46 by @kennykerr in #2387
• Support standalone code generation by @kennykerr in #2396
• Update readme to include windows-targets and windows-bindgen by @kennykerr in #2399
• Update Win32 metadata v47 by @kennykerr in #2400
• Version 0.47.0 by @kennykerr in #2401
• Add CLR test for lib validation by @kennykerr in #2403
• Restore reproducible libs by @riverar in #2402
• Check diff for all targets by @kennykerr in #2404

Full Changelog: 0.46.0...0.47.0

0.46.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2380). This release provides an update to the windows crate. It does not include an update to the windows-sys crate.

This is the first update to the windows crate in about 2 months and includes numerous improvements as well as updated API definitions via the Win32 metadata. Notably, the windows crate now sports streamlined and much simpler type traits (#2343) and parameter bindings (#2360). It includes the first steps towards WDK support (#2358), and it finally includes stock collection implementations (#91).

Please note that the ComInterface trait is now required to call the cast function (#2360).

What's Changed

• Add link from docs.rs to full API documentation by @ChrisDenton in #2297
• Simplify COM implementation traits by @kennykerr in #2301
• Fix test component re-build reliability by @kennykerr in #2303
• Metadata writer refactoring by @kennykerr in #2309
• Lower MSRV for the windows crate by @kennykerr in #2318
• Ongoing metadata writer improvements and new command line tool by @kennykerr in #2319
• Improve clippy workflow by @kennykerr in #2320
• Improve crates.io metadata by @kennykerr in #2321
• Add raw-dylib testing with nightly-i686-pc-windows-gnu by @kennykerr in #2312
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2322
• Generate contains method for enum flags by @kennykerr in #2323
• Improved riddle syntax parsing and testing by @kennykerr in #2324
• metadata Reader::attribute_args enhancements by @ChrisDenton in #2329
• Metadata reader: Preserve type when reading enum values in attributes by @ChrisDenton in #2331
• Simplify namespace extensions in the windows-bindgen crate by @kennykerr in #2339
• Simplify windows::core type traits by @kennykerr in #2343
• Stock collection support for IIterable by @kennykerr in #2346
• Specifically exclude Windows.Win32.Web.MsHtml by @kennykerr in #2348
• Move IInspectable extensions from windows::core to windows::Foundation by @kennykerr in #2349
• Stock collection support for IVectorView by @kennykerr in #2350
• Stock collection support for IMapView by @kennykerr in #2353
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2357
• Add support for the WDK metadata by @kennykerr in #2358
• Simplify parameter bindings by @kennykerr in #2360
• Drop ManuallyDrop by @kennykerr in #2361
• Simplify Array usage with non-WinRT types by @kennykerr in #2362
• Don't store redundant copy of assembly name by @kennykerr in #2363
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2364
• Enable hosted lib generation by @kennykerr in #2365
• Remove prettyplease dependency by @kennykerr in #2367
• Support aggregate constant initialization by @kennykerr in #2371
• Simplify parameter binding for BSTR by @kennykerr in #2372
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2374
• Minor polish of windows::core docs by @kennykerr in #2376
• Remap CHAR to u8 by @kennykerr in #2378
• Version 0.46.0 by @kennykerr in #2380

Full Changelog: 0.44.0...0.46.0

0.45.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2299). This release provides an update to the windows-sys crate. It does not include an update to the windows crate.

This is the first update to the windows-sys crate in 4 months and primarily includes a number of fixes stemming from improvements to the Win32 metadata. Optional support for raw-dylib is now also provided.

What's Changed

• Remove field cfg attribute queries by @kennykerr in #2280
• Only show visible windows and include x/y in output by @jessemcdowell in #2284
• Linux build support by @kennykerr in #2290
• Slices should use default (optional) type by @kennykerr in #2293
• Version 0.45 by @kennykerr in #2299

New Contributors

• @jessemcdowell made their first contribution in #2284

Changelog for windows-sys crate: 0.42.0...0.45.0

0.44.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2279). This release does not include an update to the windows-sys crate, which remains stable and unchanged.

This is the first update to the windows crate in 3 months. As such, there are quite a few improvements and fixes. Some notable changes to take a look at:

• There is now a getting started guide
• Support for raw-dylib (#2164) - thanks @dpaoliello!
• A number of new samples have been added
• The target lib files are now validated for changes (#2132)
• Windows Runtime metadata has been updated to introduce new APIs for Windows 11 (#2192)
• Win32 metadata has been updated with numerous fixes (#2247)
• There's a new windows-targets crate that simplifies taking a dependency on the Windows libs (#2158)
• Support for infallible return values (#2248)
• Option to use default metadata for code generation (#2253)

Changes

• Fix new clippy warnings by @kennykerr in #2121
• Add performance counter samples by @kennykerr in #2120
• Use more readable formatting for samples by @kennykerr in #2124
• Add DirectComposition sample by @kennykerr in #2129
• Remap D3DMATRIX to Matrix4x4 by @kennykerr in #2130
• Validate baseline for lib files by @kennykerr in #2132
• Update the win32 metadata to version 37.0.34 by @kennykerr in #2133
• Simplify yml build files by @kennykerr in #2134
• Don't require files for reading/writing by @Jake-Shadle in #2131
• Test DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW struct sizes are correct by @kennykerr in #2139
• Simplify extern function code generation by @kennykerr in #2148
• Introduce link macro to provide an abstraction over the Rust link attribute by @kennykerr in #2152
• Simplify yml generation by @kennykerr in #2157
• Add windows-targets crate to simplify lib dependency management by @kennykerr in #2158
• Improve samples and tests for validating calling conventions by @kennykerr in #2159
• Switch debugger visualizer from crate feature to build option by @kennykerr in #2160
• Streamline delay load core implementation by @kennykerr in #2162
• Remove deprecated WinRT namespaces by @kennykerr in #2165
• Update the win32 metadata to version 38.0.19 by @kennykerr in #2166
• Add optional support for raw-dylib by @kennykerr in #2164
• Generate field comparisons directly by @kennykerr in #2168
• Add device watcher sample by @kennykerr in #2172
• Test lower MSRV for windows-sys by @kennykerr in #2173
• Ensure bindings are warning-free by @kennykerr in #2174
• Detect unsupported trailing array parameters by @kennykerr in #2178
• Test readme by @kennykerr in #2179
• Update LLVM (MinGW) toolchain by @riverar in #2163
• Downgrade target crates versions to 0.42.1 by @glandium in #2183
• Update Windows metadata by @riverar in #2192
• Direct3D12 sample - fix copy_nonoverlapping size by @damyanp in #2195
• Exclude major COM APIs from the windows-sys crate by @kennykerr in #2194
• verbatim modifier is now stable by @kennykerr in #2199
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2198
• Simplify parameter binding code gen by @kennykerr in #2202
• Remove straggling Xaml code gen by @kennykerr in #2203
• Add license tool by @kennykerr in #2207
• Detect missing generated files by @kennykerr in #2209
• Restructure lib testing by @kennykerr in #2208
• Add convert methods for VARIANT_BOOL by @aquacash5 in #2206
• Tightening up parameter parsing and type generation by @kennykerr in #2214
• Simpler string ABI by @kennykerr in #2215
• Remove any .dll suffix from non-Windows link import file names by @kennykerr in #2216
• Introduce signature parameter kinds by @kennykerr in #2217
• Detect more value types and reduce transmute reliance by @kennykerr in #2220
• Fix new clippy warning uninlined_format_args by @kaivol in #2224
• Pin samples link to latest published version by @kennykerr in #2226
• Transform const parameters through pointers by @kennykerr in #2227
• Propagate error information through HRESULT's ok method by @kennykerr in #2228
• Don't run debugger_visualizer test if option is not enabled by @kennykerr in #2230
• Input slices should not use default type by @kennykerr in #2233
• Remove any implied ownership semantics for Win32 structs by @kennykerr in #2235
• Simplify parameter bindings by @kennykerr in #2237
• Hide link docs by @kennykerr in #2238
• Remove unsafe PCWSTR conversion by @kennykerr in #2239
• Combine interface and implement features by @kennykerr in #2240
• More accurately detect return values while avoiding optional parameters by @kennykerr in #2241
• Add doc feature requirements for interface traits by @kennykerr in #2242
• Add threadpool work samples by @kennykerr in #2243
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in #2247
• Infallible return values and more efficient out parameters by @kennykerr in #2248
• Provide option to use default metadata for code generation by @kennykerr in #2253
• Add fallible allocations and string conversions by @kennykerr in #2254
• Include doc comment for GUID constants by @kennykerr in #2268
• Clarify license of the Windows metadata files by @kennykerr in #2267
• Organize samples into folders by @kennykerr in #2270
• Verify alignment for DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW structs by @kennykerr in #2271
• Add Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) sample by @kennykerr in #2277
• Version 0.44 by @kennykerr in #2279

New Contributors

• @Jake-Shadle made their first contribution in #2131
• @aquacash5 made their first contribution in #2206

Full Changelog: 0.43.0...0.44.0

0.43.0

String constants now preserve their original encoding as either UTF-8 or UTF-16 null-terminated string constants. This makes many string constants directly and efficiently usable as constants to pass to various Windows APIs that expect either "ansi" or wide null-terminated string literals. This update also provides a collection of small improvements, particularly to string handling. Updated Win32 metadata provides fixes to various API definitions.

This release does not include an update to the windows-sys crate, which remains stable and unchanged.

What's Changed

• Remove composable support by @kennykerr in #2070
• Remove unnecessary convertible parameters by @kennykerr in #2071
• Use consistent const GUID code gen across windows and windows-sys by @kennykerr in #2072
• Use std consistently in the windows crate by @kennykerr in #2073
• Improve core string type testing by @kennykerr in #2074
• Update the Natvis definition for HSTRING by @ridwanabdillahi in #2077
• Improve windows::core::Error formatting by @kennykerr in #2075
• Make more of the HSTRING methods const by @kennykerr in #2078
• Replace boilerplate COM interface code gen with macro_rules by @kennykerr in #2079
• Fix D3D12 sample by @kennykerr in #2084
• Suppress fewer warnings by @kennykerr in #2085
• Fix a few new clippy warnings by @kaivol in #2090
• Update the win32 metadata to version 36.0.9 by @kennykerr in #2099
• Provide original encoding for string constants by @kennykerr in #2101
• Minor housekeeping by @kennykerr in #2102
• Simpler non-COM interface code gen by @kennykerr in #2103
• Fix recursive PartialEq impl in BSTR by @rylev in #2116
• Version 0.43 by @kennykerr in #2117

Full Changelog: 0.42.0...0.43.0