[build] undefined reference to AddClipboardFormatListener | Define WINVER? about winapi-rs HOT 2 CLOSED

If you do not reference a function in your code then the symbol will be unreferenced and the linker will not attempt to link it. The undefined reference is NOT an issue with headers or the operating system version. Rather the issue is that the import libraries you have do not provide that symbol. Mingw's libraries are notorious for not having symbols from newer versions of Windows.

Now if you do link a symbol and then attempt to run your binary on a version of Windows that doesn't provide that function, your program will crash on startup with an error about being unable to find that symbol. I intend to eventually provide a way to delay load functions with a way to handle the case that the operating system doesn't provide the symbol.

from winapi-rs.

Aww.. i see. I didn't consider that mingw would fail me like that :)
Sorry

from winapi-rs.