3 files changed, 34 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/compat/win32.cpp b/src/compat/win32.cpp
index 6fcac15..052644a 100644
--- a/src/compat/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/compat/win32.cpp
@@ -162,5 +162,27 @@ int Bu::Winsock2::__WSAFDIsSet( SOCKET s, fd_set *set ) {
         return (*Bu::Winsock2::_fnptr___WSAFDIsSet)( s, set );
 }
 
+Bu::FString Bu::getLastWinError()
+{
+    LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
+    DWORD dw = GetLastError(); 
+
+    FormatMessageA(
+        FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | 
+        FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+        NULL,
+        dw,
+        MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+        (LPSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
+        0, NULL );
+
+        Bu::FString sRet( (char *)lpMsgBuf );
+
+    LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
+
+        return sRet;
+}
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/compat/win32.h b/src/compat/win32.h
index 6304d4c..ea0ae53 100644
--- a/src/compat/win32.h
+++ b/src/compat/win32.h
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ namespace Bu
                 static char scode[15];
                 static char *gai_strerror( int iCode );
         };
+
+        Bu::FString getLastWinError();
 };
 
 #ifdef FD_ISSET
diff --git a/src/plugger.h b/src/plugger.h
index 37d6f19..2780356 100644
--- a/src/plugger.h
+++ b/src/plugger.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "bu/fstring.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include "bu/config.h"
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 # include <windows.h>
 #else
@@ -197,29 +199,29 @@ namespace Bu
                         pReg->dlHandle = LoadLibrary( sFName.getStr() );
                         if( pReg->dlHandle == NULL )
                         {
-                                throw PluginException( 1, "Error opening %s: %s", sFName.getStr(),
-                                                "unknown error, fix this for windows" );
+                                throw PluginException( 1, "Error opening %s: %s",
+                                        sFName.getStr(), Bu::getLastWinError().getStr() );
                         }
                         pReg->pInfo = (PluginInfo *)GetProcAddress( pReg->dlHandle,
                                         sPluginName.getStr() );
                         if( pReg->pInfo == NULL )
                         {
-                                throw PluginException( 2, "Error mapping %s: %s", sFName.getStr(),
-                                                "unknown error, fix this for windows" );
+                                throw PluginException( 2, "Error mapping %s: %s",
+                                        sFName.getStr(), Bu::getLastWinError().getStr() );
                         }
 #else
                         pReg->dlHandle = dlopen( sFName.getStr(), RTLD_NOW );
                         if( pReg->dlHandle == NULL )
                         {
-                                throw PluginException( 1, "Error opening %s: %s", sFName.getStr(),
-                                                dlerror() );
+                                throw PluginException( 1, "Error opening %s: %s",
+                                        sFName.getStr(), dlerror() );
                         }
                         pReg->pInfo = (PluginInfo *)dlsym( pReg->dlHandle,
                                         sPluginName.getStr() );
                         if( pReg->pInfo == NULL )
                         {
-                                throw PluginException( 2, "Error mapping %s: %s", sFName.getStr(),
-                                                dlerror() );
+                                throw PluginException( 2, "Error mapping %s: %s",
+                                        sFName.getStr(), dlerror() );
                         }
 #endif
                         hPlugin.insert( pReg->pInfo->sID, pReg );