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    - About NUmega KStreamSocket HI: Everyone, A Problem about KStreamSocket make me very bored. It is So: When i create a socket via KStreamSocket. and connect to peer is ok,then send is ok. and receive is ok once,But once receive is finished. unfortunately,the socket is disconnect automatically. So, I have to connect it to peer again. Why,What is problem? Can you help me? Jerry Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27713
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    - TextOut Hello , I have a strange problem which I have encountered in my code ,The DrvTextOut Method of my driver fails when tested with speedy , on further debugging I found out that it fails in the pcfallocatecachedFont method and at these lines // swap a cached font (using LRU method) pFCNode = ppdev->pFC->pUsedList.pPrev; //Change status into uncached pFCNode->pfo->pvConsumer = NULL; //clear glyph tag pjFCTag = (PBYTE) pFCNode->pjTag; for (i = 0; i < FC_MAX_GLYPH_ID; i += 4) { *(PULONG) pjFCTag = 0; pjFCTag += 4; } //for Now the problems are as follows: 1.The driver doesn't break at the same position all the time sometimes it breaks in the for loop some times just after the font is swapped .it also doesn't break for a specific font id it just breaks randomly. 2.The same driver is working fine with speedy on a Pentium 4 machine with 256 mb ram whereas the orignal machine is intel celeron with 196 mb ram. Now my doubts are : 1.Can this be because of the CPU speed , I think it might be a swapping problem because it is giving me a page fault in non paged area.if it is how can I make changes in the code to make it compatiable for the celeron platform. 2.The replacement algorithm I have used is incorrect,I should not use LRU . Please advise , as I am not clear if I am on right tracks.for further refrece I am attaching the pcfAllocatecachedfont method. Thanks & Regards, Nitin Kapoor PFCNODE pcfAllocateCachedFont( PDEV* ppdev) { ULONG i; PFCNODE pFCNode; PBYTE pjFCTag; pFCNode = ppdev->pFC->pFreeList; if (pFCNode == NULL) { if (ppdev->pFC->pDiscardList != NULL) { ppdev->pFC->pFreeList = ppdev->pFC->pDiscardList; ppdev->pFC->pDiscardList = NULL; pFCNode = ppdev->pFC->pFreeList; while (pFCNode) { //set the state into FC_FREE pFCNode->iState = FC_FREE; //clear glyph tag pjFCTag = (PBYTE) pFCNode->pjTag; for (i = 0; i < FC_MAX_GLYPH_ID; i += 4) { *(PULONG) pjFCTag = 0; pjFCTag += 4; } //for pFCNode = pFCNode->pNext; } //while // wait engine idle vWaitEngineIdle( ppdev ); // take the 1st free node pFCNode = ppdev->pFC->pFreeList; ppdev->pFC->pFreeList = pFCNode->pNext; pFCNode->iState = FC_USED; } else { // swap a cached font (using LRU method) pFCNode = ppdev->pFC->pUsedList.pPrev; //Change status into uncached pFCNode->pfo->pvConsumer = NULL; //clear glyph tag pjFCTag = (PBYTE) pFCNode->pjTag; for (i = 0; i < FC_MAX_GLYPH_ID; i += 4) { *(PULONG) pjFCTag = 0; pjFCTag += 4; } //for //delete from used list vFCDeleteNode(pFCNode); DISPDBG((0,"FONT CACHE AFTER DELETE NODE.\n",pFCNode->iUniq)); // wait engine idle vWaitEngineIdle( ppdev ); DISPDBG((0,"FONT CACHE After WaitEngine Idle.\n",pFCNode->iUniq)); } //if-else } else { pFCNode->iState = FC_USED; ppdev->pFC->pFreeList = pFCNode->pNext; } //if // keep double links for insert & delete vFCInsertNode(&ppdev->pFC->pUsedList, pFCNode); return(pFCNode); } //pcfAllocateCachedFont( Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27710
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    - why it doesnt work?????? i have got OID_802_11_STATISTICS's value and i can display correctly, i put the follow function in the OnTimer event. however, all of the value(transmitCount and receiveCount) i got is zero.(my thought is to display the number of transmit and received packages looks like the network status) void OnTimeer(XXXXX) { IoctlNdisQueryTest(lpAdapterName) } DWORD IoctlNdisQueryTest(LPCTSTR lpAdapterName) { NDIS_802_11_STATISTICS OidData; DWORD nResult, ReturnedCount = 0; ZeroMemory( &OidData, sizeof(OidData)); OidData.Length = sizeof(OidData); nResult = Test_IoctlNdisQueryGlobalStats (lpAdapterName,OID_802_11_STATISTICS,OidData,sizeof (OidData),&ReturnedCount); if( nResult != ERROR_SUCCESS ) sprintf(sLabel,"%s","The driver unsupported"); else sprintf(sLabel,"%I64d,%I64d", OidData.TransmittedFragmentCount.QuadPart, OidData.ReceivedFragmentCount.QuadPart); Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27708
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    - kernel driver refuses to run in safe boot I'm trying to write a very little SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER driver, which is supposed to run during safe boot. My current driver is as good as empty, I can successfully start & stop it during a normal (non safe) session. Also it boots up in a normal (non safe) session when being installed as SERVICE_SYSTEM_START. Everything looks just fine. But during safe boot XP suddenly is not able to load the driver. It tries to load it (I've added it to the safe boot registry keys), but it fails. The XP event log sais, XP was not able to load my driver, but it doesn't tell me why. If I check out the properties page of my driver (via device manager) after a safe boot I can see that it is not running. If I then try to manually start it, the dialog freezes for about 5 seconds, but the driver still does not run. What do I have to change to make my driver run successfully in a safe boot? Thanks! P.S: I tried to add power, pnp and wmi handlers, but that didn't help, either. Maybe I implemented them incorrectly, though. ============================================================ #include <ntddk.h> void UnloadDriver(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject) { IoDeleteDevice(DriverObject->DeviceObject); } NTSTATUS DummyIrpHandler(PDEVICE_OBJECT DeviceObject, PIRP Irp) { Irp->IoStatus.Status = STATUS_SUCCESS; IoCompleteRequest(Irp, IO_NO_INCREMENT); return STATUS_SUCCESS; } NTSTATUS DriverEntry(PDRIVER_OBJECT DriverObject, PUNICODE_STRING RegistryPath) { PDEVICE_OBJECT devObj; UNICODE_STRING name; RtlInitUnicodeString(&name, L"\\Device\\MtsUpd"); IoCreateDevice(DriverObject, 4, &name, FILE_DEVICE_UNKNOWN, 0, FALSE, &devObj); DriverObject->DriverUnload = UnloadDriver; DriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_CREATE] = DummyIrpHandler; DriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_CLOSE] = DummyIrpHandler; return STATUS_SUCCESS; } Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27707
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    - scsi miniport HwStartIo() IRQL if no interrupts in a scsi miniport driver for a virtual HW(obviously no HW interrupts), if i set the PORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION -> BusInterruptVector = 0; for findadapter and HW_INITIALIZATION_DATA -> HwScsiInterrupt = NULL can i be gauranteed that my HwStartIo() and/or HwTimer()will be called at DISPATCH_LEVEL(atleast)/PASSIVE_LEVEL? because i cant think of what DIRQL can SCSIPORT assume before calling into me? KeSynchronizeExecution() requires interrupt# question 2 ------------- since HwStartIo() can be called at DIRQL what syncronization mechanisms are available inside this routine to share data with a PASSIVE_LEVEL thread? even spinlocks are useless > DISPATCH_LEVEL. i am prepared to use any NTDDK only kernel functions thx alex Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27705
  - 6
    - WinDDK Fails to Build Examples I've installed the winddk 3790, read the release notes and getting started guide, and attempted to build the examples but I've had no luck-- the build is silently failing. Executing 'build -cZ' from the command prompt spawned by "Windows 2000 Checked Build Environment" rapidly scrolls through all the example directories (much too fast to be building) and exits without errors. If I look into an example (i.e. src\general\portio) at the build log file, I see entries like the following: > Compiling c:\winddk\3790\src\general\portio\sys directory ************* > 'nmake.exe /c BUILDMSG=Stop. -i NTTEST= UMTEST= NOLINK=1 NOPASS0=1 386=1' > Bad command or file name Any ideas? The log output is identical for every example driver in the DDK. I'd expect building examples to "just work" but I'm not familiar enough with this environment to even begin to guess what is wrong. It should be mentioned that I had this exact error mode using a previous Win2K DDK, so I elected to grab the latest 2003 Server DDK in the hopes that the integrated compiler, etc, would make the effort easier. Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27702
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    - About ClearCommError function everyone: Hi I am writting a driver about a virtual device. While application calls ClearCommError, The Driver must be able to reply a response. Now I dont know when driver receives the ioctl code,what is the SystemBuffer of IRP? and More, if app calls other API(WaitCommEvent,SetCommMask,etc.) What is Their SystemBuffer? Thank for your answer. Jerry 1st.July.2003 Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27697
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    - Get the long form of the specified path. Hi Is it possible to get the long path name of a specified path from the short form of the path? In win32 there are functions named 'GetLongPathName' or 'GetFullPathName' to achieve it, but what to to in a driver? thanks Yang Liu Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27693
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    - Where is wrong? the follows is my coding, who can tell me where is wrong, and how to correct it? DWORD myinfo::IoctlNdisQueryTest(LPCTSTR lpAdapterName) { UCHAR OidData[4096]; DWORD nResult, ReturnedCount = 0; nResult = Test_IoctlNdisQueryGlobalStats (lpAdapterName,OID_802_11_STATISTICS,OidData,sizeof (OidData),&ReturnedCount); if( nResult != ERROR_SUCCESS ) sprintf(sLabel,"%s","The driver unsupported"); else /* ****************************************** */ sprintf(sLabel,"%d,%d",OidData[1],OidData [10]);// wrong message /* ******************************************* */ m_temp.SetWindowText(sLabel); nResult = Test_IoctlNdisQueryGlobalStats (lpAdapterName,OID_802_11_SSID,OidData,sizeof (OidData),&ReturnedCount); if( nResult != ERROR_SUCCESS ) sprintf(sLabel,"%s","The driver unsupported"); else /* ***************************************** */ sprintf(sLabel,"%d-%s",OidData[],OidData [1]);//wrong message /* ****************************************** */ m_temp.SetWindowText(sLabel); return( nResult ); }DWORD myinfo::Test_IoctlNdisQueryGlobalStats( LPCTSTR lpAdapterName, ULONG OidCode, PVOID InformationBuffer, UINT InformationBufferLength, PULONG pBytesWritten) { CHAR LinkName[512]; CHAR szMACFileName[512]; BOOLEAN bCreatedDevice = FALSE; DWORD ErrorNumber, nResult = ERROR_SUCCESS; HANDLE hMAC; *pBytesWritten = 0; strcpy( LinkName, "\\Device\\" ); strcat( LinkName, lpAdapterName ); strcpy(szMACFileName, DEVICE_PREFIX); strcat(szMACFileName, lpAdapterName); hMAC = CreateFile (szMACFileName,0,FILE_SHARE_READ,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,0,INVAL ID_HANDLE_VALUE); if (hMAC != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) if(!DeviceIoControl (hMAC,IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS,&OidCode, sizeof (OidCode),InformationBuffer,InformationBufferLength, pBytesWritten,NULL)) printf(" DeviceIoControl returned an error = %d\n",nResult = GetLastError()); else printf(" CreateFile returned an error = % d\n",nResult = GetLastError()); if (bCreatedDevice) if (!DefineDosDevice(DDD_RAW_TARGET_PATH | DDD_REMOVE_DEFINITION |DDD_EXACT_MATCH_ON_REMOVE,lpAdapterName,LinkName)) { ErrorNumber = GetLastError(); printf("DefineDosDevice returned an error creating the device = %d\n", ErrorNumber); return( ErrorNumber ); } return( nResult ); } Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27692
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    - PCMCIA card client driver samples? I am starting write a 16 bit PC Card(Data Acquisition card) driver for Windows 2000/XP and wondering if there is any code example. Can anyone here point it out? Thanks Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27686
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    - ScatterGatherList Fails Hi, I am using GetScatterGatherList for doing Bus Master DMA. It fails with status = "STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL". I have called it 9 times, but only two times it passes. What is the reason for this status code ? Which buffer is too small ? Number of MapRegisters allocated is 8. The buffer size to be transferred is 5120, it spans to a maximum of 3 pages. The following is the function call Status = DeviceExtension->AdapterObject->DmaOperations->GetScatterGatherList( DeviceExtension->AdapterObject, DeviceObject, mdl, // IRP->MdlAddress DeviceExtension->CurrentVaddr, // MmGetMdlVirtualAddress(mdl) transferSize, // 8192 or 12298 (2 * PAGE_SIZE or 3 *PAGE_SIZE) (PDRIVER_LIST_CONTROL) AdapterListControl, DeviceExtension, bOperationType); // bOperation = TRUE for a write, FALSE for a read. Thanks Kumar Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27685
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    - Sample code for NDIS 802.11 driver? Hi, Is there any sample code for NDIS 802.11 driver? I installed windows server 2003 DDK. There is no 802.11 driver sample. Thanks for your input. Lin Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27677
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    - Paging file size problem for Win XP - Pro I upgraded my machine from Win XP-Home to XP-Pro. Everything is fine but the Virtual Memory problem - everytime I boot the machine, it keeps giving me the "low virtual memory" message. I have tried to use Start | Settings | Control Panel | System|Advanced |...| Virtual Memory Dialog to modify the Initial Size & Max Size values, it seems that it doesn't work; the allocated paging file size is always 0 even though I restart the machine. Is there any other means to fix this? thanx Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27671
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    - [Q] USB Mass Storage Device IOCTL failure I'm developing a USB mass storage device with an additional functionality. There is no problem in locating the device's symbolic link, using SetupDiXXX functions. But if I try to DeviceIoControl() IOCTL_STORAGE_GET_DEVICE_NUMBER, IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA, and other disk and storage control codes as well, after opening the device through CreateFile() with the following symbolic link name, it fails with the error code 50, which means ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED. \??\USB#Vid_0c76&Pid_0005#0304281630200#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed} To be more precise, my USB storage device supports Bulk-Only Transport protocol and announces itself as a SCSI transparent subclass device. If there is anybody who had ever stuck in this type of problem, please give me some clues for solving it. **** I have one more question. I'm in the position to develop hardware and software. So for now, I'm trying to compose a small program controlling a mass storage device of another manufacturer. If I'm to develop the firmware without relying on the USB controller customized to the specific application, do I have to write a firmware parsing all the SCSI command set? Or is there any documentation that specifies which part of the standard SCSI command set USB mass storage device spec supports? I'm afraid if I have to deal with a whole bunch of SCSI command set. Need some advice. Thanks Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27664
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    - How to use "UsbBuildVendorRequest"? Dear All, I want to control USB hub. I found the command "UsbBuildVendorRequest" may be work ,but I can't find some example which can teach me . Could anybody tell me how to use that or where to find some example? Thanks for your help Randy Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27661
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    - Problems sending named events to Driver Hi NG My driver has problems recieving a event from my user mode applikation. But there is no problems recieving the same event in my appilication from the device driver. Thia is what I do: In my DriverEntry i create the event with this: // Create event for user-mode processes to monitor RtlInitUnicodeString(&uszNotifyEventString, L"\\BaseNamedObjects\\AppEvent"); // Trying to create the event NotifyEvent = IoCreateNotificationEvent(&uszNotifyEventString, &NotifyHandle); if(NotifyEvent) { // Success KdPrint(("NotifyEvent event created with success\r\n")); // Clear it... KeClearEvent(NotifyEvent); } I get the handle to the event in my application like this: // Creating event. ITs created by the driver.. hEvent = OpenEvent(SYNCHRONIZE, FALSE, _T("AppEvent")); if(NULL == hEvent ) { return 0; } They both succed. My application then waits for the event: // The events used.. hEvents[0] = pService->HEndThread; byNumOfEvents++; hEvents[1] = hEvent ; byNumOfEvents++; dwWait = WaitForMultipleObjects(byNumOfEvents, hEvents, FALSE, INFINITE); if((WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1) == dwWait) { // Set event again. Driver does not respond to this SetEvent(hEvent ); <----- No responds in my driver on this } When my driver signals the event ( KeSetEvent(NotifyEvent, 0, TRUE) ) my application is responding OK to the event But when my application sets the event my driver does not respond to it. // Setting event KeSetEvent(NotifyEvent, 0, TRUE); <--- My application responds to this KeResetEvent(NotifyEvent); // Waiting for the service to answer status = KeWaitForSingleObject(NotifyEvent, UserRequest, KernelMode, FALSE, &WaitTimeOut); // Never reached. if(STATUS_SUCCESS == status) { KdPrint(("Got event.\r\n")); // Service has answered. Clear the event. Shutdown in progress KeResetEvent(NotifyEvent); } Any Idea ?? Schould I call the OpenEvent() with EVENT_ALL_ACCESS instead of SYNCHRONIZE ?? If I do I got an error that say "Access is denied". How can I create the event with privilege to do this ?? Thomas Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27659
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    - Error STATUS_NO_LOGON_SERVERS on HalAssignSlotResources We've developed device driver for PCI device, which worked fine on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. BUT after we installed the latest SP4 for the Windows 2000, the call to the HalAssignSlotResources returns error 0xC000005E , which is translated as STATUS_NO_LOGON_SERVERS. What may be the reason of such behavior? Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27644
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    - What does it mean? when I build a console application, I saw the build message in Pass 2: Finished pass 1 Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIEnumerateDevices(struct WRAPI_NDIS_DEVICE * *,long *)" (? WRAPIEnumerateDevices@@YAJPAPAUWRAPI_NDIS_DEVICE@@PAJ@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIOpenNdisDevice(unsigned short *)" (?WRAPIOpenNdisDevice@@YAJPAG@Z) from WRAPI.lib (WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIGetSSId(unsigned char *)" (?WRAPIGetSSId@@YAJPAE@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPISetSSId(unsigned char *,unsigned long &)" (?WRAPISetSSId@@YAJPAEAAK@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIGetRTSThreshold(unsigned long *)" (?WRAPIGetRTSThreshold@@YAJPAK@Z) from WRAPI.lib (WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIGetAssociatedAP(unsigned char * const)" (?WRAPIGetAssociatedAP@@YAJQAE@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIGetPacketStats(struct DOT_11_STATS *)" (? WRAPIGetPacketStats@@YAJPAUDOT_11_STATS@@@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) Discarded "long __cdecl WRAPIGetAPList(struct AP_DATA * *,long *)" (?WRAPIGetAPList@@YAJPAPAUAP_DATA@@PAJ@Z) from WRAPI.lib(WRAPI.dll) what does it mean?thank for response. Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27638
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    - How to get the current link speed of wireless i dont know how to get the current link speed in my application using NDIS protocol DRIVER, but i know i should use the function "oid_802_11_gen_link_speed". However, i dont know how to use this function. who can tell me this? i never find any sample i need. So, if possible, who can post his/her parts of coding about it? it's emergency! :< Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27630
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    - meaning of INetCfgComponent::GetDeviceStatus() What exactly is the "status of a network card" (DDK docs) returned by INetCfgComponent::GetDeviceStatus() in 'pStatus'? The docs do not say anything about how to interprete the value returned. Stephan Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27626
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    - How to add 2 pages in PlotUI I've implemented code to add 2 document property sheet pages in DrvDocumentPropertySheets(), but it shows only one page and the return number of pages added is also 1 (lData). Following lists my code. Could anyone tell me what's wrong with it? Thank you. LONG DrvDocumentPropertySheets (PPROPSHEETUI_INFO pPSUIInfo, LPARAM lParam) { PPRINTERINFO pPI; static DLGPAGE dlgPage[2]; .................. if (pPSUIInfo->Reason == PROPSHEETUI_REASON_INIT) { .................. pPI->pCPSUI->cbSize = sizeof (COMPROPSHEETUI); pPI->pCPSUI->Flags = 0; pPI->pCPSUI->hInstCaller = hPlotUIModule; pPI->pCPSUI->pfnCallBack = DPCallBack; pPI->pCPSUI->cDlgPage = 2; pPI->pCPSUI->pDlgPage = dlgPage; memset (dlgPage, 0, sizeof (DLGPAGE) * 2); dlgPage[0].cbSize = sizeof (DLGPAGE); dlgPage[0].Flags = 0; dlgPage[0].DlgProc = (DLGPROC) Page1DlgProc; dlgPage[0].pTabName = szTab1Caption; dlgPage[0].IconID = 0; dlgPage[0].DlgTemplateID= (WORD) IDD_PAGE1; dlgPage[1].cbSize = sizeof (DLGPAGE); dlgPage[1].Flags = 0; dlgPage[1].DlgProc = (DLGPROC) PageXDlgProc; dlgPage[1].pTabName = szTab2Caption; dlgPage[1].IconID = 0; dlgPage[1].DlgTemplateID= (WORD) IDD_PAGEX; Result = (LONG_PTR) SetupDPOptItems (pPI); { PCOMPROPSHEETUI pCPSUI = pPI->pCPSUI; pCPSUI->cbSize =sizeof(COMPROPSHEETUI); pCPSUI->hInstCaller=(HINSTANCE)hPlotUIModule; pCPSUI->pCallerName=(LPTSTR)IDS_PLOTTER_DRIVER; pCPSUI->UserData =(DWORD_PTR)pPI; pCPSUI->pHelpFile =pPI->pHelpFile; pCPSUI->IconID =GetPlotterIconID(pPI); pCPSUI->pOptItemName=pPI->PlotDM.dm.dmDeviceName; pCPSUI->CallerVersion = DRIVER_VERSION; pCPSUI->OptItemVersion= (WORD)pPI->pPlotGPC->Version; pCPSUI->pOptItem = pPI->pOptItem; pCPSUI->cOptItem = pPI->cOptItem; if (pPI->Flags & PIF_UPDATE_PERMISSION) { pCPSUI->Flags |= CPSUIF_UPDATE_PERMISSION; } pPSUIInfo->pfnComPropSheet(pPSUIInfo->hComPropSheet, CPSFUNC_ADD_PCOMPROPSHEETUI, (LPARAM)pCPSUI, (LPARAM)&lData); .................. Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27624
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    - WAVERR_BADFORMAT Error I've got an app plays wav files in MULA format (7) using the standard API calls (waveOutOpen, waveOutPrepareHeader, waveOutWrite, etc.). This app has been running without problem on hundreds of machines and every operating system Microsoft has put out from Windows 95 to Windows XP. Suddenly we've got a client using NT 4 SP6 who's getting WAVERR_BADFORMAT errors returned from waveOutOpen. When I call waveOutGetDevCaps on the device, it puts 4095 in the WAVEOUTCAPS.dwFormat field. Anybody have any ideas what might cause this? Tag: How to write device installer? Tag: 27524

Hi,

I'm in trouble. I have to write an installer for a modem, but have no
idea how to do that. I've tried to execute *.inf files from driver's
directory, but this didn't work.

Could you please advise me how to do that or point me to some tutorials?
Should I use some SetupDi methods?

Thanks,
K.

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Re: How to write device installer? by Jakub

Jakub
Thu Jul 03 03:16:45 CDT 2003

In article <3f01a430$1@10.10.0.241>, bill.mckenzie@compuware.com says...
> Have you looked at the DEVCON sample in a late model DDK? If not I would
> start there.

Thanks, this helped a little. I can install something :), but it is
still not the proper thing (Calls itself unknown modem, without drivers
etc.)

Regards,
Jakub Slocki

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