How to install device driver?? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

OSR_Community_User · May 27, 2003, 11:20am

Hi everybody!!

I have device driver (*.inf & *.sys) and when I use ‘Add/Remove Hardware
Wizard applet in Control Panel’ everything is OK!
I have BIG PROBLEM because I have to write my own programme which will
install that device driver to system ( WinXP ).
I do this like this:

LPTSTR INFFile ; //INFFile = “C:\Driver\genport.inf”
LPTSTR HardwareId ; //HardwareID = “root\portio”
HDEVINFO DeviceInfoSet = 0;
SP_DEVINFO_DATA DeviceInfoData;
GUID ClassGUID;
TCHAR ClassName[MAX_CLASS_NAME_LEN];
DWORD err;

//
// Use the INF File to extract the Class GUID.
//
if
(!SetupDiGetINFClass(INFFile,&ClassGUID,ClassName,sizeof(ClassName),0))
{
return DisplayError(TEXT(“GetINFClass”));
}

//
// Create the container for the to-be-created Device Information
Element.
//
DeviceInfoSet = SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList(&ClassGUID,0);
if(DeviceInfoSet == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
return DisplayError(TEXT(“CreateDeviceInfoList”));
}

//
// Now create the element.
// Use the Class GUID and Name from the INF file.
//
DeviceInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);
if (!SetupDiCreateDeviceInfo(DeviceInfoSet,
ClassName,
&ClassGUID,
NULL,
0,
DICD_GENERATE_ID,
&DeviceInfoData))
{
DisplayError(TEXT(“CreateDeviceInfo”));
goto cleanup_DeviceInfo;
}

//
// Add the HardwareID to the Device’s HardwareID property.
//
if(!SetupDiSetDeviceRegistryProperty(DeviceInfoSet,
&DeviceInfoData,
SPDRP_HARDWAREID,
(LPBYTE)HardwareId,
(lstrlen(HardwareId)+1+1)*sizeof(TCHAR)))
{
DisplayError(TEXT(“SetDeviceRegistryProperty”));
goto cleanup_DeviceInfo;
}

//
// Transform the registry element into an actual devnode
// in the PnP HW tree.
//
if (!SetupDiCallClassInstaller(DIF_REGISTERDEVICE,
DeviceInfoSet,
&DeviceInfoData))
{
DisplayError(TEXT(“CallClassInstaller(REGISTERDEVICE)”));
goto cleanup_DeviceInfo;
}

//
// The element is now registered. We must explicitly remove the
// device using DIF_REMOVE, if we encounter any failure from now on.
//

//
// Install the Driver.
//
if (!UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices(0,
HardwareId,
INFFile,
INSTALLFLAG_FORCE,
RebootRequired))
{
DWORD err = GetLastError();
DisplayError(TEXT(“UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices”));

if (!SetupDiCallClassInstaller(
DIF_REMOVE,
DeviceInfoSet,
&DeviceInfoData))
{
DisplayError(TEXT(“CallClassInstaller(REMOVE)”));
}
SetLastError(err);
}

//
// Cleanup.
//

cleanup_DeviceInfo:
err = GetLastError();
SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(DeviceInfoSet);
SetLastError(err);

return err == NO_ERROR;

The application always shows me error : “SetDeviceRegistryProperty FAILURE
: The parameter is incorrect.”
I don’t know what to do!!
If someone has the good example of installation of driver then whether would
can pass the link for this!

PLEASE HELP !!!

I greet form Poland ( Pozdrawiam wszystkich)!
Megasus

Loren_Wilton · May 27, 2003, 6:42pm

The application always shows me error : “SetDeviceRegistryProperty FAILURE
: The parameter is incorrect.”

I assume this is on WinME or Win98? I hit the same problem, and never did find a way around it.

Loren

OSR_Community_User · May 27, 2003, 7:31pm

Hi!

I just solved this problem!
Mistake is in function SetupDiSetDeviceRegistryProperty!!
I work under WinXp system and I made change in fifth parametr this function :

It was : SetupDiSetDeviceRegistryProperty( DeviceInfoset, &DeviceInfoData,
SPDRP_HARDWAREID, (LPBYTE)HardwareId,
(lstrlen(HardwareId)+1+1)*sizeof(TCHAR)) ) ;

I change this on : SetupDiSetDeviceRegistryProperty( DeviceInfoset, &DeviceInfoData,
SPDRP_HARDWAREID, (LPBYTE)HardwareId,
(lstrlen(HardwareId)+1+1)*sizeof(TCHAR))*2 ) ;

I don’t know why but it at me work perfectly

I greet form Poland!
Megasus

P.S. If you can write me whether this got down to work at you.
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