RE: [Newbie] CreateFile( "\\\\.\\\\MyDevice", ... ) failed

Vasili Goutas wrote:

Neela Syam Kolli wrote:

> I think you should use “\\.\MyDevice.VXD” as the file name… try it…

No, it doesn’t work. I get the errorcode 2
– The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

Is it possible that the device has to be an other than a Multifunction device
which I declared in the INF file?
What other device class should I use for my device which is a controller for a
very special hardware?

Vasili

>
> Syam.
>
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> Subject: [ntdev] [Newbie] CreateFile( “\\.\\MyDevice”, … ) failed
>
> Every time I try to open my Device with
> CreateFile(" \\.\\DevName"…) I get INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE as
> result.
> I added DebugPrint to every function my driver includes, but none of
> them is called when I call CreateFile.
> I’m using Win98 so I can’t use the tool DEVVIEW which would give me
> informations about available devices.
> Does someone know a tool doing this on Win98?
>
> I Tried naming my device when registering it with IoCreateDevice, but
> the same (nothing) hapens when I try to open it.
>
> Hope someone will have an idea and can help me
>
> TIA
> Vasili
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