2000 DDK and 98 DDK

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Hi All:

I installed 2000 DDK and VC6.0 on my WIN2K development

machine to write a WIN2k driver, now I need write a
WIN98 version. Can I install 98 DDK on the same
machine? Any environment conflict? Do I need install
VC5.0 for 98 DDK?

Thanks in advance.
Gordon

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What kind of driver? In many cases, it’s possible to install
Windows-2000 drivers in Windows 98 with just a little tweeking to the
drivers and a different INF. You may need the 98 DDK for programmatic
installations, etc. Some of the programmatic install samples require
the old 16-bit compiler that comes with Visual C 1.52c.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Lu [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:31 PM
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Subject: [ntdev] 2000 DDK and 98 DDK

Hi All:

I installed 2000 DDK and VC6.0 on my WIN2K development

machine to write a WIN2k driver, now I need write a
WIN98 version. Can I install 98 DDK on the same
machine? Any environment conflict? Do I need install
VC5.0 for 98 DDK?

Thanks in advance.
Gordon

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It is a virtual seial port driver. What development
environment do I need?

Thanks
Gordon

— Bryan Burgin wrote:
> What kind of driver? In many cases, it’s possible
> to install
> Windows-2000 drivers in Windows 98 with just a
> little tweeking to the
> drivers and a different INF. You may need the 98
> DDK for programmatic
> installations, etc. Some of the programmatic
> install samples require
> the old 16-bit compiler that comes with Visual C
> 1.52c.
>
> Bryan S. Burgin
> xxxxx@microsoft.com
>
> This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties,
> and confers no
> rights.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Lu [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:31 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] 2000 DDK and 98 DDK
>
> Hi All:
>
> I installed 2000 DDK and VC6.0 on my WIN2K
> development
>
> machine to write a WIN2k driver, now I need write a
> WIN98 version. Can I install 98 DDK on the same
> machine? Any environment conflict? Do I need install
>
> VC5.0 for 98 DDK?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Gordon
>
>
>
>
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Hello Gordon,
That shouldn’t be a problem since both ddks install in their own
directories and are independent. I have done this myself without any
problems.
If you are writing a virtual serial port driver however I think you
cannot use the 2000 ddk for building the 98 driver since in 98 the
communication driver architecture is not based on WDM: it uses VCOMM - so
you must write a Vxd.

Regards,
Ganesh

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Ganesh:

To write a Vxd, do I need to install 98 DDK, 95 DDK
or anything else?

Thanks
Gordon

----- Original Message -----
From: “Ganesh Okade”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”

Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:02 AM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: 2000 DDK and 98 DDK

> Hello Gordon,
> That shouldn’t be a problem since both ddks
install in their own
> directories and are independent. I have done this
myself without any
> problems.
> If you are writing a virtual serial port
driver however I think you
> cannot use the 2000 ddk for building the 98 driver
since in 98 the
> communication driver architecture is not based on
WDM: it uses VCOMM - so
> you must write a Vxd.
>
> Regards,
> Ganesh
>

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