// 8 february 2014 package ui import ( "fmt" "unsafe" ) var ( hInstance _HANDLE nCmdShow int ) // TODO is this documented? func getWinMainhInstance() (err error) { r1, _, err := kernel32.NewProc("GetModuleHandleW").Call(uintptr(_NULL)) if r1 == 0 { // failure return err } hInstance = _HANDLE(r1) return nil } // this is what MinGW-w64 does (for instance, http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/code/6604/tree/trunk/mingw-w64-crt/crt/crtexe.c#l320); Burgundy in irc.freenode.net/#winapi said that the Visual C++ runtime does this too func getWinMainnCmdShow() { var info struct { cb uint32 lpReserved *uint16 lpDesktop *uint16 lpTitle *uint16 dwX uint32 dwY uint32 dwXSize uint32 dwYSzie uint32 dwXCountChars uint32 dwYCountChars uint32 dwFillAttribute uint32 dwFlags uint32 wShowWindow uint16 cbReserved2 uint16 lpReserved2 *byte hStdInput _HANDLE hStdOutput _HANDLE hStdError _HANDLE } // does not fail according to MSDN kernel32.NewProc("GetStartupInfoW").Call(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&info))) if info.dwFlags&_STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW != 0 { nCmdShow = int(info.wShowWindow) } else { nCmdShow = _SW_SHOWDEFAULT } } func doWindowsInit() (err error) { err = getWinMainhInstance() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error getting WinMain hInstance: %v", err) } getWinMainnCmdShow() err = initWndClassInfo() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error initializing standard window class auxiliary info: %v", err) } err = registerStdWndClass() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error registering standard window class (for Window): %v", err) } err = registerAreaWndClass() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error registering Area window class: %v", err) } err = getStandardWindowFonts() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error getting standard window fonts: %v", err) } err = initCommonControls() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error initializing Common Controls (comctl32.dll): %v", err) } // others go here return nil // all ready to go }