c++-winrt

Trying to compile the following code: #include <winrt/base.h> int main() {} With the following compiler options: /permissive- /std:c++latest With recently released Visual Studio 15.8 Preview 3.0 results in the following compilation errors: 1>------ Build started: Project: test1, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ 1>Source.cpp 1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\cppwinrt\winrt\base.h(2185): error C3861: 'from_abi': identifier not found 1>c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\cppwinrt\winrt\base.h(2185): note: This diagnostic occurred in the compiler

After spending a bit of time with simple UWP applications with C++/CX and ++/WinRT I have begun to enjoy some of the features of targeting that environment for Windows UI app development. Now having to go back to a more familiar MFC application development I want to change my approach to something that is similar to UWP app development. The idea is to use asynchronous C++11 threads to generate content and modify content that is displayed in the MFC UI. The main change I want to make is to use C++11 threads to offload some time-consuming tasks and have those threads communicate the results back