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Neferences / resources for Nativ apps on XP

OSR_Community_UserOSR_Community_User Member Posts: 110,217
I was only able to find an old copy of a source file by Mark Russinovich, as an example of a Native Application.

Does anyone have any references or resources for writing Native Apps on XP, SP2?

thanks


//======================================================================
//
// Native.c
//
// Mark Russinovich
// http://www.ntinternals.com
//
// This is a demonstration of a Native NT program. These programs
// run outside of the Win32 environment and must rely on the raw
// services provided by NTDLL.DLL. AUTOCHK (the program that executes
// a chkdsk activity during the system boot) is an example of a
// native NT application.
//
// This example is a native 'hello world' program. When installed with
// the regedit file associated with it, you will see it print
// "hello world" on the initialization blue screen during the system
// boot. This program cannot be run from inside the Win32 environment.
//
//======================================================================
#include "ntddk.h" // include this for its native functions and defn's
#include "stdio.h"
#include "native.h"

//
// Our heap
//
HANDLE Heap;

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// NtProcessStartup
//
// Instead of a 'main' or 'winmain', NT applications are entered via
// this entry point.
//
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
void NtProcessStartup( PSTARTUP_ARGUMENT Argument )
{
PUNICODE_STRING commandLine;
PWCHAR stringBuffer, argPtr;
UNICODE_STRING helloWorld;
RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION heapParams;

//
// Initialize some heap
//
memset( &heapParams, 0, sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION ));
heapParams.Length = sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION );
Heap = RtlCreateHeap( 2, 0, 0x100000, 0x1000, 0, &heapParams );

//
// Point at command line
//
commandLine = &Argument->Environment->CommandLine;

//
// Locate the argument
//
argPtr = commandLine->Buffer;
while( *argPtr != L' ' ) argPtr++;
argPtr++;

//
// Print out the argument
//
stringBuffer = RtlAllocateHeap( Heap, 0, 256 );
swprintf( stringBuffer, L"\n%s", argPtr );
helloWorld.Buffer = stringBuffer;
helloWorld.Length = wcslen( stringBuffer ) * sizeof(WCHAR);
helloWorld.MaximumLength = helloWorld.Length + sizeof(WCHAR);
NtDisplayString( &helloWorld );

//
// Free heap
//
RtlFreeHeap( Heap, 0, stringBuffer );

//
// Terminate
//
NtTerminateProcess( NtCurrentProcess(), 0 );
}

Comments

  • Lyndon_J._Clarke-2Lyndon_J._Clarke-2 Member Posts: 1,013
    You are in land of undocumentaed .... if you must "do" then purchase and
    refer to nebbet book and cross compare with ddk/wdk and hone your reverse
    engineering skills ... else do not "do" ...

    wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev...
    >
    > I was only able to find an old copy of a source file by Mark Russinovich,
    > as an example of a Native Application.
    >
    > Does anyone have any references or resources for writing Native Apps on
    > XP, SP2?
    >
    > thanks
    >
    >
    > //======================================================================
    > //
    > // Native.c
    > //
    > // Mark Russinovich
    > // http://www.ntinternals.com
    > //
    > // This is a demonstration of a Native NT program. These programs
    > // run outside of the Win32 environment and must rely on the raw
    > // services provided by NTDLL.DLL. AUTOCHK (the program that executes
    > // a chkdsk activity during the system boot) is an example of a
    > // native NT application.
    > //
    > // This example is a native 'hello world' program. When installed with
    > // the regedit file associated with it, you will see it print
    > // "hello world" on the initialization blue screen during the system
    > // boot. This program cannot be run from inside the Win32 environment.
    > //
    > //======================================================================
    > #include "ntddk.h" // include this for its native functions and defn's
    > #include "stdio.h"
    > #include "native.h"
    >
    > //
    > // Our heap
    > //
    > HANDLE Heap;
    >
    > //----------------------------------------------------------------------
    > //
    > // NtProcessStartup
    > //
    > // Instead of a 'main' or 'winmain', NT applications are entered via
    > // this entry point.
    > //
    > //----------------------------------------------------------------------
    > void NtProcessStartup( PSTARTUP_ARGUMENT Argument )
    > {
    > PUNICODE_STRING commandLine;
    > PWCHAR stringBuffer, argPtr;
    > UNICODE_STRING helloWorld;
    > RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION heapParams;
    >
    > //
    > // Initialize some heap
    > //
    > memset( &heapParams, 0, sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION ));
    > heapParams.Length = sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION );
    > Heap = RtlCreateHeap( 2, 0, 0x100000, 0x1000, 0, &heapParams );
    >
    > //
    > // Point at command line
    > //
    > commandLine = &Argument->Environment->CommandLine;
    >
    > //
    > // Locate the argument
    > //
    > argPtr = commandLine->Buffer;
    > while( *argPtr != L' ' ) argPtr++;
    > argPtr++;
    >
    > //
    > // Print out the argument
    > //
    > stringBuffer = RtlAllocateHeap( Heap, 0, 256 );
    > swprintf( stringBuffer, L"\n%s", argPtr );
    > helloWorld.Buffer = stringBuffer;
    > helloWorld.Length = wcslen( stringBuffer ) * sizeof(WCHAR);
    > helloWorld.MaximumLength = helloWorld.Length + sizeof(WCHAR);
    > NtDisplayString( &helloWorld );
    >
    > //
    > // Free heap
    > //
    > RtlFreeHeap( Heap, 0, stringBuffer );
    >
    > //
    > // Terminate
    > //
    > NtTerminateProcess( NtCurrentProcess(), 0 );
    > }
    >
    >
  • OSR_Community_UserOSR_Community_User Member Posts: 110,217
    > Does anyone have any references or resources for writing Native Apps on XP, SP2?
    Some (I said "some") of these work under XpSP2 (after some cleanup, IIRC):
    http://ashedel.chat.ru/source/



    -----Original Message-----
    From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
    Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 6:26 PM
    To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
    Subject: [ntdev] Neferences / resources for Nativ apps on XP


    I was only able to find an old copy of a source file by Mark Russinovich, as an example of a Native Application.

    Does anyone have any references or resources for writing Native Apps on XP, SP2?

    thanks


    //======================================================================
    //
    // Native.c
    //
    // Mark Russinovich
    // http://www.ntinternals.com
    //
    // This is a demonstration of a Native NT program. These programs
    // run outside of the Win32 environment and must rely on the raw
    // services provided by NTDLL.DLL. AUTOCHK (the program that executes
    // a chkdsk activity during the system boot) is an example of a
    // native NT application.
    //
    // This example is a native 'hello world' program. When installed with
    // the regedit file associated with it, you will see it print
    // "hello world" on the initialization blue screen during the system
    // boot. This program cannot be run from inside the Win32 environment.
    //
    //======================================================================
    #include "ntddk.h" // include this for its native functions and defn's
    #include "stdio.h"
    #include "native.h"

    //
    // Our heap
    //
    HANDLE Heap;

    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    // NtProcessStartup
    //
    // Instead of a 'main' or 'winmain', NT applications are entered via
    // this entry point.
    //
    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
    void NtProcessStartup( PSTARTUP_ARGUMENT Argument )
    {
    PUNICODE_STRING commandLine;
    PWCHAR stringBuffer, argPtr;
    UNICODE_STRING helloWorld;
    RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION heapParams;

    //
    // Initialize some heap
    //
    memset( &heapParams, 0, sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION ));
    heapParams.Length = sizeof( RTL_HEAP_DEFINITION );
    Heap = RtlCreateHeap( 2, 0, 0x100000, 0x1000, 0, &heapParams );

    //
    // Point at command line
    //
    commandLine = &Argument->Environment->CommandLine;

    //
    // Locate the argument
    //
    argPtr = commandLine->Buffer;
    while( *argPtr != L' ' ) argPtr++;
    argPtr++;

    //
    // Print out the argument
    //
    stringBuffer = RtlAllocateHeap( Heap, 0, 256 );
    swprintf( stringBuffer, L"\n%s", argPtr );
    helloWorld.Buffer = stringBuffer;
    helloWorld.Length = wcslen( stringBuffer ) * sizeof(WCHAR);
    helloWorld.MaximumLength = helloWorld.Length + sizeof(WCHAR);
    NtDisplayString( &helloWorld );

    //
    // Free heap
    //
    RtlFreeHeap( Heap, 0, stringBuffer );

    //
    // Terminate
    //
    NtTerminateProcess( NtCurrentProcess(), 0 );
    }


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