formaterrormessage.c

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/*
 *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *      as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
 *      2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  Copyright 2012 Spiro Trikaliotis
 *
*/

#include "libmisc.h"

#include <windows.h>

char *
cbmlibmisc_format_error_message(unsigned int ErrorNumber)
{
    static char ErrorMessageBuffer[2048];
    int n;

    // Format the message

    n = FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS | FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK,
        NULL,
        ErrorNumber,
        MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language
        (LPTSTR) &ErrorMessageBuffer,
        sizeof(ErrorMessageBuffer)-1,
        NULL);

    // make sure there is a trailing zero

    ErrorMessageBuffer[n] = 0;

    return ErrorMessageBuffer;
}