Writing Windows VxDs and device drivers
By: Karen Hazzah.
Publisher: R & D Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Microsoft Windows (Computer file); Device drivers (Computer programs)
Description: Finally - here is a practical book that helps you write Windows VxDs and device drivers - without wasting your time in arcane API trivia! Writing Windows VxDs and Device Drivers is a true teaching book, not a compilation of Microsoft API references. Karen Hazzah guides you through a sequence of progressively more sophisticated drivers - each designed to illustrate a capability you'll need when writing your own high-performance drivers - and leads you into the mysterious world of VxDs, custom extensions to the operating system that will "go anywhere and do anything.": write a basic polled-mode driver in C - the easiest method for interfacing a windows application to a hardware device; write an interrupt-driven driver, also in C, for better performance and throughput than the basic polled-mode driver and write a VxD driver, a high-performance solution that also provides an interface for both Windows and DOS applications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-332) and index.

System requirements for accompanying computer disk (Companion code disk): IBM-compatible PC; Windows 3.1; 3 1/2 in. disk drive.

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