--- a/common/logging.h	Tue Apr 29 15:26:02 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/logging.h	Tue Apr 29 15:26:43 2014 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * @brief Logging and debugging functions
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -79,8 +81,31 @@
  *
  * Prints an error to stderr
  */
-#define ERRORPRINTF(fmt, ...) fprintf(stderr, DEBUGPREFIX "ERROR: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);
+#ifdef WIN32
+#  define ERRORPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
+  { \
+    char buf[512]; \
+    snprintf(buf, 511, "ERROR: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+    buf[511] = '\0'; \
+    OutputDebugStringA(buf); \
+  }
+#else
+# define ERRORPRINTF(fmt, ...) fprintf(stderr, DEBUGPREFIX "ERROR: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);
+#endif
 
+/**
+ * @def PRINTLASTERROR(msg)
+ * @brief Prints the last windows error with a custom message
+ *
+ * Prints an error to stderr
+ */
+#define PRINTLASTERROR(msg) \
+  char *my_error = getLastErrorMsg(); \
+      if (my_error) { \
+        ERRORPRINTF(msg" : %s\n", my_error); \
+        free (my_error); \
+      } \
+  ERRORPRINTF ("Failed to get error information\n");
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus