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-rw-r--r--ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c b/ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c
index 9bfe86e..6c27ec6 100644
--- a/ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c
+++ b/ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c
@@ -225,8 +225,16 @@ dl_open(const char* name, int flags)
static void
dl_error(char* buf, int size)
{
- FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, NULL, GetLastError(),
- 0, buf, size, NULL);
+ // Get the last error code
+ DWORD error = GetLastError();
+
+ // Get the associated message
+ LPSTR message = NULL;
+ FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
+ NULL, error, 0, (LPSTR)&message, 0, NULL);
+
+ // Update the passed in buffer
+ snprintf(buf, size, "Failed with error %d: %s", error, message);
}
#endif