OldWin

OldWin OldWin makes compatibility with Old Windows easier! The crate relies heavily on YY-Thunks and VC-LTL5 to solve the problem of missing APIs on older systems and API-SETs in the import table.

Features

• Effortless Integration: Integrate YY-Thunks and VC-LTL5 just add entry to your build-dependencies and modify build.rs.
• Backward Compatibility: Effortlessly support Windows XP and later versions.
• Binary Size Optimization: Implement strategies to reduce the footprint of your application binaries.

Usage

1. Add Dependency

Include OldWin in your Cargo.toml file:

vc-ltl5 is dependent on yy-thunks, so if you use vc-ltl5 yy-thunks will be automatically added.

[dependencies]
# use yy-thunks and vc-ltl5 on Windows 7
oldwin = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["win7", "vc-ltl5"] }

2. Switch to {i686, x86_64}-win7-windows-msvc toolchain

Modify your project cargo configuration to use the {x86, x86_64}-win7-windows-msvc toolchain.

rustup component add rust-src
rustup target add i686-win7-windows-msvc
rustup target add x86_64-win7-windows-msvc

[unstable]
build-std = ["core", "alloc", "std", "proc_macro", "test"]

3. Build Your Project

Build your project using the {i686, x86_64}-win7-windows-msvc toolchain.

Remember to use nightly toolchain.

cargo build --target i686-win7-windows-msvc -Zbuild-std
cargo build --target x86_64-win7-windows-msvc -Zbuild-std

Contributing

Contributions of all kinds are welcome, including:

• Issue reporting
• Pull Request submissions
• Documentation improvements

License

OldWin is released under the MIT License.

Very Very Thanks

• YY-Thunks
• VC-LTL5