0.41.0

This is a minor service release addressing a number of issues mostly originating from the underlying win32 metadata which have now been resolved.

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

What's Changed

• Harden win32 array support to avoid conflicting metadata by @kennykerr in #2035
• Don't transform pointers to references by @kennykerr in #2036
• Avoid transforming array parameters with mismatched metadata by @kennykerr in #2037
• Add support for reserved parameters by @kennykerr in #2039
• Add WMI sample by @kennykerr in #2041
• Add macros for creating null-terminated string literals to windows-sys by @kennykerr in #2043
• Further constrain transforming array parameters to avoid potentially polymorphic types by @kennykerr in #2046
• Add Natvis definitions for types defined in the core module of the windows crate by @ridwanabdillahi in #2023
• Add support for declaring interfaces derived from existing interfaces by @kennykerr in #2048
• Update the win32 metadata to version 33.0.18 by @kennykerr in #2050
• Remove dlltool prefix hack by @glandium in #2052
• Separate Vtable support from Interface trait by @kennykerr in #2051
• Fix HSTRING to conform to Rust's aliasing rules by @ChrisDenton in #2057
• Version 0.41.0 by @kennykerr in #2058

New Contributors

• @ridwanabdillahi made their first contribution in #2023

Full Changelog: 0.40.0...0.41.0

0.40.0

This release includes a rollup of fixes and improvements to the Win32 metadata and many small fixes to the Rust bindings themselves. Notably, fixed-size array parameters, APIs with non-system calling conventions such as cdecl, reproducible builds, and far more accurate import libs.

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

What's Changed

• Exclude MsHtml APIs by @kennykerr in #1925
• Replace unsafe strlen usage in metadata library with safe Rust by @Swatinem in #1926
• Minor FAQ tweaks by @kennykerr in #1929
• Adding documentation for factory by @BenJKuhn in #1936
• Include only Win32 features and modules in the windows-sys crate by @kennykerr in #1935
• Use a consistent set of dependencies across the implement and interface crates by @kennykerr in #1931
• FAQ - What APIs are included? by @kennykerr in #1933
• Declare rust-version for windows-interface crate by @kennykerr in #1930
• Provide 32-bit aliases for SetWindowLongPtrA and GetWindowLongPtrA by @kennykerr in #1932
• Prefer &T to *const T for Win32 input parameters by @kennykerr in #1939
• Support fixed-size array parameters by @kennykerr in #1941
• Remove hidden dead code in windows::core by @kennykerr in #1943
• Remove unnecessary parentheses by @riverar in #1949
• Add aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm and x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm targets by @mati865 in #1883
• Make the output of tool_yml more deterministic across machines by @glandium in #1958
• Produce the *_gnu import libraries more deterministically by @glandium in #1967
• Remove unused binding by @kennykerr in #1976
• Remove unnecessary symbols and sections from *_gnu import libs by @glandium in #1968
• Fix msvc lib generation by @kennykerr in #1979
• Implement Debug for AgileReference by @kennykerr in #1986
• Update min rust version for windows-sys to 1.49 by @kennykerr in #1987
• Update the faq to call out no_std support by @kennykerr in #1992
• Switch to custom bindings for the windows::core internals by @kennykerr in #1993
• Add samples readme by @kennykerr in #1991
• Remove unused bindgen options by @kennykerr in #1994
• Make BOOL, BOOLEAN, and NTSTATUS extensions rather than replacements by @kennykerr in #1995
• Update Win32 metadata version from 24.0.1 to 30.0.12 by @kennykerr in #1996
• Add support for calling conventions by @kennykerr in #1999
• Address nightly clippy warnings by @kennykerr in #2000
• Introduce reproducible builds with stable sorting by @kennykerr in #2003
• Adds a workaround and test for MAKEINTRESOURCE style constants by @kennykerr in #2007
• Remove Xaml interop namespace by @kennykerr in #2008
• Make BSTR a core string type by @kennykerr in #2006
• Update the win32 metadata to version 31.0.4 by @kennykerr in #2009
• Use $crate in s! and w! macros by @goffrie in #2011
• Adds unsafe helpers to cast from C++ or raw IUnknown pointers to Rust IUnknown values by @kennykerr in #2010
• Update the win32 metadata to version 32.0.17 by @kennykerr in #2015
• Remove win32metadata workarounds by @kennykerr in #2017
• Misc. changes to import library generation tooling by @glandium in #2016
• Remove win32metadata workaround by @kennykerr in #2021
• Version 0.40.0 by @kennykerr in #2026

New Contributors

• @Swatinem made their first contribution in #1926
• @BenJKuhn made their first contribution in #1936
• @mati865 made their first contribution in #1883
• @glandium made their first contribution in #1958
• @goffrie made their first contribution in #2011

Full Changelog: 0.39.0...0.40.0

0.39.0

This release includes improves to string handling and parameter passing to both improve performance and simplify the way arguments are bound to API calls.

Notably, the "alloc" feature has been removed. This feature allowed string literals to be implicitly converted to null terminated strings required by some Windows APIs. While convenient, it was rather complicated and expensive at runtime. Instead, the explicit s! and w! macros are now provided to create null terminated UTF-8 and UTF-16 string literals at compile time.

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

What's Changed

• Fix new Rust-1.62 lints by @MarijnS95 in #1866
• Clean up formatting and indetation by @MarijnS95 in #1865
• Support running on Linux/WSL targets by @MarijnS95 in #1863
• Derive Eq and PartialEq for NTSTATUS by @kennykerr in #1869
• Fix token formatting for derive macros by @kennykerr in #1870
• Basic field and constant metadata generation by @kennykerr in #1871
• Add link to metadata used to generate crate in main readme by @poliorcetics in #1875
• Add tool_lib crate to hold some of the common support for the windows-rs tools by @kennykerr in #1876
• Update win32 metadata to v24 by @kennykerr in #1877
• Move all docs to central location by @kennykerr in #1878
• Adjust license placement for GitHub auto-detection by @riverar in #1879
• Remove old license files by @kennykerr in #1880
• Borrowed by @rylev in #1811
• Use prettyplease for development formatting by @rylev in #1849
• Remove orphaned "alloc" feature by @kennykerr in #1888
• Convertible input strings by @kennykerr in #1889
• Add macros for creating null-terminated string literals by @kennykerr in #1891
• Update samples to use string literal macros by @kennykerr in #1894
• Use where clauses in codegen by @rylev in #1893
• Improve string pointer types by @rylev in #1897
• Small refactor by @rylev in #1899
• Avoid including primitive types with convertible types by @kennykerr in #1900
• Remove dead code by @rylev in #1905
• Add display methods for string pointer types by @rylev in #1904
• Avoid transmute for binding primitive argument types by @kennykerr in #1907
• Avoid generating redundant doc comments for methods by @kennykerr in #1908
• Infer ABI type for method result type by @kennykerr in #1909
• Avoid transmute for direct return values where no translation occurs by @kennykerr in #1911
• More accurate signature parameter parsing by @kennykerr in #1913
• Reduce dependence on transmute for WinRT arrays by @kennykerr in #1914
• Ensure that Display impl for HSTRING is infallible by @kennykerr in #1915
• Fix new nightly warning about unused return value by @kennykerr in #1917
• Use internal Decode helper in a few more places by @kennykerr in #1918

New Contributors

• @poliorcetics made their first contribution in #1875

Full Changelog: 0.38.0...0.39.0

0.38.0

This release includes a host of small improvements and fixes to the windows crate. Notably, the windows-bindgen and windows-metadata crates have been rewritten to avoid the static winmd cache in favor of a stateful metadata reader that allows multiple instances to be used independently (#1777).

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

What's Changed

• Small clean ups to factory caching by @rylev in #1758
• Add WinSock conversion utilities by @ryancerium in #1742
• Set windows-implement min rust-version by @wravery in #1773
• Stateful metadata & bindgen by @kennykerr in #1777
• Pay back some technical debt by @kennykerr in #1779
• Remove nightly test distinction by @kennykerr in #1778
• Update Win32 metadata to v23 by @kennykerr in #1783
• Remove unused types by @kennykerr in #1784
• Remove hidden RawPtr type alias by @kennykerr in #1791
• Remove need for allocation inside Reader by @rylev in #1794
• Avoid redundant signature calculations by @kennykerr in #1793
• Improve Reader to Tree construction by @kennykerr in #1797
• Remove flatten comment by @kennykerr in #1801
• Test error propagation by @kennykerr in #1803
• Trim error messages by @kennykerr in #1804
• Remove reverse dependency from core module by @kennykerr in #1802
• Make Type methods simpler to use by @kennykerr in #1806
• Add cross compilation tests by @riverar in #1808
• Support COM-style query signatures with unconventional parameter positions by @kennykerr in #1805
• Avoid truncating error codes when converting from windows::core::Error to std::io::Error by @kennykerr in #1809
• Borrowed<'a, T> RFC by @rylev in #1788
• Use standard library algorithm for finding query parameters by @kennykerr in #1810
• Avoid string allocations in Cfg by @kennykerr in #1812
• Followup to event PR feedback by @kennykerr in #1814
• Basic metadata generation by @kennykerr in #1820
• Avoid UB in FactoryCache by @kennykerr in #1829
• Remove Xaml from windows crate by @kennykerr in #1836
• Include cfg dependencies for types with generic interface type dependencies by @kennykerr in #1832
• Add component helper function to simplify component development by @kennykerr in #1840
• Version 0.38.0 by @kennykerr in #1841

New Contributors

• @ryancerium made their first contribution in #1742

Full Changelog: 0.37.0...0.38.0

0.37.0

This release includes a host of small improvements and fixes to the windows crate. Notably, changes to the implement and interface macros improve interoperability, correctness, and safety for COM and WinRT implementations.

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

What's Changed

• Avoid double allocation when passing strings via IntoParam by @AronParker in #1713
• Correct compose offset in implement macro by @kennykerr in #1724
• Restore nightly validation by @riverar in #1726
• Correct implementation identity for MBM and .NET compatibility by @kennykerr in #1729
• Fix interface macro to handle qualified IUnknown parent by @rylev in #1732
• Shorten IUnknown check by @rylev in #1735
• Improve IUnknown Unsafe Annotations by @rylev in #1734
• Improve the Interface trait by @rylev in #1738
• Improve Vtable implementations by @rylev in #1740
• Propose an RFCs Process by @rylev in #1731
• Add HSTRING compatibility testing by @kennykerr in #1749
• Simplify header handling in HSTRING by @rylev in #1747
• Use core::ptr::write for out params by @rylev in #1750
• Fix ToImpl by @rylev in #1748
• Inline HSTRING::clear into the Drop impl by @rylev in #1752
• Make cast method produced by implement macro unsafe by @rylev in #1753
• Improve ABI conversion by @rylev in #1746
• Add GUID::to_u128 by @GamePad64 in #1756
• Version 0.37.0 by @kennykerr in #1765

New Contributors

• @AronParker made their first contribution in #1713
• @GamePad64 made their first contribution in #1756

Full Changelog: 0.36.1...0.37.0

0.36.1

This is a minor service release to work around docs.rs limitations in order to publish windows-sys docs.

What's Changed

• Make target crates no_std by @ChrisDenton in #1722
• Version 0.36.1 by @kennykerr in #1723

New Contributors

• @ChrisDenton made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: 0.36.0...0.36.1

0.36.0

What's Changed

• Avoid clearing SetLastError when allocating string params by @kennykerr in #1665
• Remove UB in the heap_string function by @rylev in #1667
• Add test component by @kennykerr in #1666
• Document heap functions by @rylev in #1670
• Heap functions are private by @kennykerr in #1673
• Correct x86 stdcall signature size calculation by @kennykerr in #1674
• Replace internal IActivationFactory definition with tailored definition by @kennykerr in #1678
• Add the beginnings of an FAQ by @rylev in #1684
• Added conversions between HSTRING and OsStr/OsString by @kaivol in #1693
• Make Matrix3x2::identity() and Matrix3x2::translation(f32, f32) const by @TheOddGarlic in #1695
• Add missing features to enum bitwise operators by @kennykerr in #1701
• Update win32 metadata to 22.0.14-preview by @kennykerr in #1702
• Add Event<T> type that can be used to implement a WinRT event by @kennykerr in #1705
• Undo Rust 2021 adoption by @kennykerr in #1706
• Remove redundant warning suppression by @kennykerr in #1709
• Version 0.36.0 by @kennykerr in #1717

New Contributors

• @kaivol made their first contribution in #1693
• @TheOddGarlic made their first contribution in #1695

Full Changelog: 0.35.0...0.36.0

0.35.0

What's Changed

• Update Windows metadata, import libraries by @riverar in #1604
• Support richer COM interface hierarchies by @rylev in #1608
• Fix bug where COM interfaces needed to be declared pub by @rylev in #1611
• Fix bug where the interface feature could not be used without the implement feature by @rylev in #1612
• Update metadata, regen crates by @riverar in #1613
• Make a safer conversion From for INTERFACE by @rylev in #1619
• Make test checking for conversion to param by @rylev in #1620
• Do not emit cfg attribute if not requested by @riverar in #1623
• Add DataProtection sample by @kennykerr in #1624
• Expand DataProtection sample to illustrate buffer byte access by @kennykerr in #1626
• Basics of metadata generation by @kennykerr in #1633
• Simpler metadata discovery by @kennykerr in #1635
• Adopt Rust 2021 by @kennykerr in #1636
• Limit win32 array params to non-shared length params by @kennykerr in #1641
• Handle IDispatch edge case by @kennykerr in #1642
• Update Win32 metadata, regen crates by @riverar in #1646
• Type-specific handle validity checking by @kennykerr in #1648
• Avoids name collision in vtable generation by @kennykerr in #1649
• Use BSTR allocator as PCSTR and PCWSTR parameter allocator by @kennykerr in #1657
• Handle type mismatch with invalid handle values by @kennykerr in #1659
• Version 0.35.0 by @kennykerr in #1660

Full Changelog: 0.34.0...0.35.0

0.34.0

What's Changed

• Add support for Win32 array parameters by @kennykerr in #1562
• Add user consent verification sample by @kennykerr in #1566
• Anchor CI to Windows Server 2019 virtual image by @riverar in #1569
• Compact representation for pure IDispatch declarations by @kennykerr in #1568
• Fix nightly warning about unused must_use by @kennykerr in #1580
• Expose Interface trait and Weak object in documentation by @vthib in #1576
• Improved Win32 array transformation by @kennykerr in #1570
• Avoid generating IDispatch members by @kennykerr in #1584
• Simplify common error code conversions by @kennykerr in #1585
• Remove nightly features that are no longer required by @kennykerr in #1591
• Provide hex output for Debug impl of HRESULT and NTSTATUS by @kennykerr in #1590
• Fix multi arg COM methods and allow all types in interface methods by @rylev in #1594
• Allow for non-HRESULT return types in COM by @rylev in #1595
• Double quote feature names in generated docs for easier cut/paste by @riverar in #1599
• Basic component development support by @kennykerr in #1600
• Add license files to crate packages by @kennykerr in #1602
• Version 0.34.0 by @kennykerr in #1603

New Contributors

• @vthib made their first contribution in #1576

Full Changelog: 0.33.0...0.34.0

0.33.0

What's Changed

• Add first-class types for PCSTR and PCWSTR by @kennykerr in #1550
• Prefer &self for COM interface traits by @kennykerr in #1511
• Only build the default doc target for windows-sys by @kennykerr in #1508
• Simplify implementing with WinRT generic interfaces by @kennykerr in #1510
• Update tests to use UnsafeCell by @kennykerr in #1517
• Correct aarch64 import lib and add tests by @riverar in #1531
• Explicit parameter direction by @kennykerr in #1533
• Include Win32 "retval" signatures in transformation by @kennykerr in #1534
• Fix incorrect implementation shims by @kennykerr in #1535
• Experimental COM interface declaration support by @rylev in #1540
• Make NTSTATUS::ok a const fn by @roblabla in #1542
• Move feature and dependency tracking to the metadata crate by @kennykerr in #1544
• Constrain borrowed parameter lifetime by @kennykerr in #1545
• Simplify and add test for Weak by @kennykerr in #1548
• Avoid unnecessary null_mut in samples by @kennykerr in #1558
• Restore ability to codegen with windows as dep crate by @riverar in #1551
• Minor doc improvements by @kennykerr in #1564

Full Changelog: 0.32.0...0.33.0