diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_WASAPI.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_WASAPI.cpp
index 951f304420..c7c2072b0c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_WASAPI.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_WASAPI.cpp
@@ -829,8 +829,8 @@ public:
     void setMMThreadPriority()
     {
         DynamicLibrary dll ("avrt.dll");
-        JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW, avSetMmThreadCharacteristics, HANDLE, dll, (LPCWSTR, LPDWORD))
-        JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (AvSetMmThreadPriority, avSetMmThreadPriority, HANDLE, dll, (HANDLE, AVRT_PRIORITY))
+        JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (dll, AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW, avSetMmThreadCharacteristics, HANDLE, (LPCWSTR, LPDWORD))
+        JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (dll, AvSetMmThreadPriority, avSetMmThreadPriority, HANDLE, (HANDLE, AVRT_PRIORITY))
 
         if (avSetMmThreadCharacteristics != 0 && avSetMmThreadPriority != 0)
         {
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WindowsMediaAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WindowsMediaAudioFormat.cpp
index 0733b8c735..a48d6d8057 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WindowsMediaAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WindowsMediaAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ public:
           currentPosition (0),
           bufferStart (0), bufferEnd (0)
     {
-        typedef HRESULT (*WMCreateSyncReaderType) (IUnknown*, DWORD, IWMSyncReader**);
-        WMCreateSyncReaderType wmCreateSyncReader = nullptr;
-        wmCreateSyncReader = (WMCreateSyncReaderType) wmvCoreLib.getFunction ("WMCreateSyncReader");
+        JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (wmvCoreLib, WMCreateSyncReader, wmCreateSyncReader,
+                                   HRESULT, (IUnknown*, DWORD, IWMSyncReader**))
 
         if (wmCreateSyncReader != nullptr)
         {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_BasicNativeHeaders.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_BasicNativeHeaders.h
index 5eda355f5d..1f23a7d37f 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_BasicNativeHeaders.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_BasicNativeHeaders.h
@@ -142,17 +142,17 @@
   #endif
  #endif
 
- /* Used with DynamicLibrary to simplify importing functions
+ /* Used with DynamicLibrary to simplify importing functions from a win32 DLL.
 
+    dll: the DynamicLibrary object
     functionName: function to import
     localFunctionName: name you want to use to actually call it (must be different)
     returnType: the return type
-    object: the DynamicLibrary to use
     params: list of params (bracketed)
  */
- #define JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION(functionName, localFunctionName, returnType, object, params) \
+ #define JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION(dll, functionName, localFunctionName, returnType, params) \
     typedef returnType (WINAPI *type##localFunctionName) params; \
-    type##localFunctionName localFunctionName = (type##localFunctionName)object.getFunction (#functionName);
+    type##localFunctionName localFunctionName = (type##localFunctionName) dll.getFunction (#functionName);
 
 //==============================================================================
 #elif JUCE_LINUX
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Network.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Network.cpp
index 8b3e4ad5ea..b59646c66a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Network.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Network.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ namespace MACAddressHelpers
     void getViaGetAdaptersInfo (Array<MACAddress>& result)
     {
         DynamicLibrary dll ("iphlpapi.dll");
-        JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (GetAdaptersInfo, getAdaptersInfo, DWORD, dll, (PIP_ADAPTER_INFO, PULONG))
+        JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (dll, GetAdaptersInfo, getAdaptersInfo, DWORD, (PIP_ADAPTER_INFO, PULONG))
 
         if (getAdaptersInfo != nullptr)
         {
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ namespace MACAddressHelpers
     void getViaNetBios (Array<MACAddress>& result)
     {
         DynamicLibrary dll ("netapi32.dll");
-        JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (Netbios, NetbiosCall, UCHAR, dll, (PNCB))
+        JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (dll, Netbios, NetbiosCall, UCHAR, (PNCB))
 
         if (NetbiosCall != 0)
         {
@@ -449,10 +449,9 @@ bool Process::openEmailWithAttachments (const String& targetEmailAddress,
                                         const String& bodyText,
                                         const StringArray& filesToAttach)
 {
-    typedef ULONG (WINAPI *MAPISendMailType) (LHANDLE, ULONG, lpMapiMessage, ::FLAGS, ULONG);
-
-    DynamicLibrary mapiLib ("MAPI32.dll");
-    MAPISendMailType mapiSendMail = (MAPISendMailType) mapiLib.getFunction ("MAPISendMail");
+    DynamicLibrary dll ("MAPI32.dll");
+    JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (dll, MAPISendMail, mapiSendMail,
+                               ULONG, (LHANDLE, ULONG, lpMapiMessage, ::FLAGS, ULONG))
 
     if (mapiSendMail == nullptr)
         return false;
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_win32_DirectWriteTypeface.cpp b/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_win32_DirectWriteTypeface.cpp
index 4cd18af3a1..9bf8eab6a3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_win32_DirectWriteTypeface.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_win32_DirectWriteTypeface.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public:
     {
         if (direct2dDll.open ("d2d1.dll"))
         {
-            JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (D2D1CreateFactory, d2d1CreateFactory, HRESULT, direct2dDll, (D2D1_FACTORY_TYPE, REFIID, D2D1_FACTORY_OPTIONS*, void**))
+            JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (direct2dDll, D2D1CreateFactory, d2d1CreateFactory,
+                                       HRESULT, (D2D1_FACTORY_TYPE, REFIID, D2D1_FACTORY_OPTIONS*, void**))
 
             if (d2d1CreateFactory != nullptr)
             {
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ public:
 
         if (directWriteDll.open ("DWrite.dll"))
         {
-            JUCE_DLL_FUNCTION (DWriteCreateFactory, dWriteCreateFactory, HRESULT, directWriteDll, (DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE, REFIID, IUnknown**))
+            JUCE_LOAD_WINAPI_FUNCTION (directWriteDll, DWriteCreateFactory, dWriteCreateFactory,
+                                       HRESULT, (DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE, REFIID, IUnknown**))
 
             if (dWriteCreateFactory != nullptr)
             {