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Is there any macros in DarkGDK like this:

#ifdef __DARKGDK_WINDOWS
        #include "MY_WINDOWS_HEADER.h"
#else
        #include "MY_LINUX_HEADER.h"
#endif

any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

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Short answer: don’t rely on a library-specific symbol unless you can find it in the DarkGDK headers. A simpler, more portable approach is to use the compiler/platform macros or to define your own project macro.

As suggested, search the DarkGDK headers for any library-defined macro first. If Explorer’s indexed search failed (as you reported), use Visual Studio’s Find in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F) pointed at the DarkGDK include folder, or run a command-line search from that folder. Examples you can run in a shell:

findstr /S /I /M "DARKGDK" *.h
grep -RIn --include="*.h" "DARKGDK" .

If you don’t find a DarkGDK-specific macro, use the standard platform macros provided by compilers. Common ones are _WIN32 (Windows), __linux__ (Linux) and __APPLE__ (macOS). For portability, put platform-specific includes behind those checks.

If you want explicit control, define a project-level symbol and test it in code. In Visual Studio add a name under Project → Properties → C/C++ → Preprocessor → Preprocessor Definitions; in a Makefile or gcc command line add -DMY_PROJECT_WINDOWS. Then guard your headers with that symbol.

To inspect what the compiler already defines, dump preprocessor macros (GCC example):

gcc -dM -E - < /dev/null

A couple of practical notes: _WIN32 is defined on both 32- and 64-bit Windows; command-line searches avoid Windows indexing problems; and ’s suggestion to scan files from the shell is a good idea — the findstr/grep examples above are simpler one-liners you can copy and run.

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Member Avatar for Salem

Maybe, why not do a search for #ifdef on all the library header files?

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how do i do that?

Member Avatar for Salem

How?

Right-click on a folder, select search ....
This is easy, you should know this already.

Member Avatar for tomtetlaw

How?

Right-click on a folder, select search ....
This is easy, you should know this already.

It says the search can not be completed because the folder is not indexed?

Member Avatar for Comatose

go to a dos prompt (start, run, cmd) go to your DarkGDK include folder (cd \program files\DarkGDK\Include) probably, and do for %x in (*) do type %x | find /i "#define" >>c:\outputfile.txt . Then, double click my computer, double click C: drive, double click "outputfile.txt", and read it.

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