+// close the handle in the class dtor
+class AutoHANDLE
+{
+public:
+ wxEXPLICIT AutoHANDLE(HANDLE handle) : m_handle(handle) { }
+
+ bool IsOk() const { return m_handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; }
+ operator HANDLE() const { return m_handle; }
+
+ ~AutoHANDLE() { if ( IsOk() ) ::CloseHandle(m_handle); }
+
+protected:
+ HANDLE m_handle;
+};
+
+// a template to make initializing Windows styructs less painful: it zeroes all
+// the struct fields and also sets cbSize member to the correct value (and so
+// can be only used with structures which have this member...)
+template <class T>
+struct WinStruct : public T
+{
+ WinStruct()
+ {
+ ::ZeroMemory(this, sizeof(T));
+
+ // explicit qualification is required here for this to be valid C++
+ this->cbSize = sizeof(T);
+ }
+};
+
+