// 7 february 2014 package main import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) var ( user32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("user32.dll") kernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("kernel32.dll") gdi32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("gdi32.dll") ) type _HANDLE uintptr type _HWND _HANDLE type _HBRUSH _HANDLE type _HMENU _HANDLE const ( _NULL = 0 _FALSE = 0 // from windef.h _TRUE = 1 // from windef.h ) // In MSDN, _LPARAM and _LRESULT are listed as signed pointers, however their interpretation is message-specific. Ergo, just cast them yourself; it'll be the same. (Thanks to Tv` in #go-nuts for helping me realize this.) type _WPARAM uintptr type _LPARAM uintptr type _LRESULT uintptr func (w _WPARAM) LOWORD() uint16 { // according to windef.h return uint16(w & 0xFFFF) } func (w _WPARAM) HIWORD() uint16 { // according to windef.h return uint16((w >> 16) & 0xFFFF) } func _LPARAMFromString(str string) _LPARAM { return _LPARAM(unsafe.Pointer(syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr(str))) } // microsoft's header files do this func _MAKEINTRESOURCE(what uint16) uintptr { return uintptr(what) } type _POINT struct { X int32 Y int32 } type _RECT struct { Left int32 Top int32 Right int32 Bottom int32 }