Re: Writing my own windows driver; advice needed on getting started

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From: Cameron Bromley
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:30

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In article <1992Oct13.001352.2309@megatek.com> tomw@stephanie.megatek.com (Tom  
Wright) writes:
> I need to write a printer driver for arbitrary Windows applications. My needs 
> are fairly modest in that I will only be producing a file, not actually  
driving
> a device.
> 
> How should I get started? I've seen that the Windows NT Driver Development
> Kit costs about $500. Is the 3.x DDK that expensive too? Are there any good
> alternatives? I'm an experienced Windows developer, but I never bought the
> SDK because Borland C++ had everything I needed. That kind of alternative
> is attractive to me because I'm on a tight budget.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Post or e-mail responses as you wish.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Wright

You need the DDK.  I'd also recommend Daniel Norton's "Writing Windows Device  
Drivers", published by Addison Wesley.  The DDK has source code for example  
printer drivers.

Cam
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