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From: Srix on 13 Sep 2005 01:26
Hi,
I got a requirement to develop an application which checks the status
of NIC card, enables or disables it. I used SetupDi...,
Cm_Get_Devnode_Status_Ex, Getadapterinfo api for this purpose and
compiled with Windows DDK 2k/xp on VC6. They worked perfectly on
Windows 2k/XP machines :)

The probblem started when I tried to compile it for windows 98
machines. In order to compile for Windows 98, I installed VC++ 4.2 &
win98 ddk (DDK doc said it is compatible only with VC4.2 compiler) on a
Windows 98 machine. Unlike win2K/XP DDK, the Win98 DDK didnt contain
the "Iphlpapi.h". So, I downloaded the PSDK2003 and installed it. When
I tried to compile the same code in this setup, I got the following
errors.


1) There were lot of conflict in typedef declaration between Win98 DDK
& PSDK2003 headers. After struggling for couple of days i managed to
compile it.

2) Then came the linker errors:

---------------
Linking...

D:\PSDK2003\Lib\iphlpapi.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or
disk full: cannot seek to 0x3d50d14b
---------------

when i referred MSDN, it said the reason could be lack of space or
corrupted hardisk. But I have more than 500 MB left and 'thorough'
scandisk didnt find any problemwith the hardisk. Then i comented
GetAdaptersInfo() which required this Library. On compiling, I got
another Link error...

---------------
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "unsigned long __stdcall
CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex(unsigned long *,unsigned long *,unsigned
long,unsigned long,void *)"(?CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex@@YGKPAK0KKPAX@Z)
---------------

But the library path and include path are properly set. Don't know
wwhat is causing the error!

When i checked Win2K/XP, I saw that there is a separate include
directory for driver development (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\ddk\wxp\) and
for application interface with devices (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\wxp\).
But in Win98 DDK, there is only one include directory!!

Does that mean only driver (.drv,.sys files) can be developed using
the Win98 DDK? I am stuck here, and really confused about how to
proceed! Your help will be highly appreciated.


Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Srix

From: Thomas F. Divine [DDK MVP] on 13 Sep 2005 01:53
Did you see this note concerning the CM functions?

"If you intend that your device installation application run on Windows
9x/Me, or Windows NT 4.0 or earlier, and you use the CM_Xxx functions, be
sure that CfgMgr32.lib appears before SetupAPI.lib in the sources file. If
your application is intended to run only on Windows 2000 or a later NT-based
operating system, you can omit CfgMgr32.lib."

I haven't used the CM functions on 98/ME myself, but I have used the SetupDi
functions. There I use VS .NET 2003 for all platforms. The major wrinkle
that I found in using SetupDi on 98/ME is that 98/ME only support the ANSI
character set. You must implement the wide-character versions using
character conversions if you need them.

Good luck,

Thomas F. Divine, Windows DDK MVP
http://www.pcausa.com


"Srix" <SriramKumarVH(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126589207.973974.156270(a)g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I got a requirement to develop an application which checks the status
> of NIC card, enables or disables it. I used SetupDi...,
> Cm_Get_Devnode_Status_Ex, Getadapterinfo api for this purpose and
> compiled with Windows DDK 2k/xp on VC6. They worked perfectly on
> Windows 2k/XP machines :)
>
> The probblem started when I tried to compile it for windows 98
> machines. In order to compile for Windows 98, I installed VC++ 4.2 &
> win98 ddk (DDK doc said it is compatible only with VC4.2 compiler) on a
> Windows 98 machine. Unlike win2K/XP DDK, the Win98 DDK didnt contain
> the "Iphlpapi.h". So, I downloaded the PSDK2003 and installed it. When
> I tried to compile the same code in this setup, I got the following
> errors.
>
>
> 1) There were lot of conflict in typedef declaration between Win98 DDK
> & PSDK2003 headers. After struggling for couple of days i managed to
> compile it.
>
> 2) Then came the linker errors:
>
> ---------------
> Linking...
>
> D:\PSDK2003\Lib\iphlpapi.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or
> disk full: cannot seek to 0x3d50d14b
> ---------------
>
> when i referred MSDN, it said the reason could be lack of space or
> corrupted hardisk. But I have more than 500 MB left and 'thorough'
> scandisk didnt find any problemwith the hardisk. Then i comented
> GetAdaptersInfo() which required this Library. On compiling, I got
> another Link error...
>
> ---------------
> error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "unsigned long __stdcall
> CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex(unsigned long *,unsigned long *,unsigned
> long,unsigned long,void *)"(?CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex@@YGKPAK0KKPAX@Z)
> ---------------
>
> But the library path and include path are properly set. Don't know
> wwhat is causing the error!
>
> When i checked Win2K/XP, I saw that there is a separate include
> directory for driver development (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\ddk\wxp\) and
> for application interface with devices (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\wxp\).
> But in Win98 DDK, there is only one include directory!!
>
> Does that mean only driver (.drv,.sys files) can be developed using
> the Win98 DDK? I am stuck here, and really confused about how to
> proceed! Your help will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Srix
>

From: Pavel A. on 15 Sep 2005 17:56
Do you really need to support win98?
The win98 requirement is often just cut-and-paste from some previous
product documents.
I remember several times when after telling to management that support for
win9x adds development time and even can delay product shipping,
they simply removed this requirement.

--PA


"Srix" <SriramKumarVH(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1126589207.973974.156270(a)g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I got a requirement to develop an application which checks the status
> of NIC card, enables or disables it. I used SetupDi...,
> Cm_Get_Devnode_Status_Ex, Getadapterinfo api for this purpose and
> compiled with Windows DDK 2k/xp on VC6. They worked perfectly on
> Windows 2k/XP machines :)
>
> The probblem started when I tried to compile it for windows 98
> machines. In order to compile for Windows 98, I installed VC++ 4.2 &
> win98 ddk (DDK doc said it is compatible only with VC4.2 compiler) on a
> Windows 98 machine. Unlike win2K/XP DDK, the Win98 DDK didnt contain
> the "Iphlpapi.h". So, I downloaded the PSDK2003 and installed it. When
> I tried to compile the same code in this setup, I got the following
> errors.
>
>
> 1) There were lot of conflict in typedef declaration between Win98 DDK
> & PSDK2003 headers. After struggling for couple of days i managed to
> compile it.
>
> 2) Then came the linker errors:
>
> ---------------
> Linking...
>
> D:\PSDK2003\Lib\iphlpapi.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or
> disk full: cannot seek to 0x3d50d14b
> ---------------
>
> when i referred MSDN, it said the reason could be lack of space or
> corrupted hardisk. But I have more than 500 MB left and 'thorough'
> scandisk didnt find any problemwith the hardisk. Then i comented
> GetAdaptersInfo() which required this Library. On compiling, I got
> another Link error...
>
> ---------------
> error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "unsigned long __stdcall
> CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex(unsigned long *,unsigned long *,unsigned
> long,unsigned long,void *)"(?CM_Get_DevNode_Status_Ex@@YGKPAK0KKPAX@Z)
> ---------------
>
> But the library path and include path are properly set. Don't know
> wwhat is causing the error!
>
> When i checked Win2K/XP, I saw that there is a separate include
> directory for driver development (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\ddk\wxp\) and
> for application interface with devices (c:\winddk\3790.1830\inc\wxp\).
> But in Win98 DDK, there is only one include directory!!
>
> Does that mean only driver (.drv,.sys files) can be developed using
> the Win98 DDK? I am stuck here, and really confused about how to
> proceed! Your help will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Srix
>


From: Srix on 16 Sep 2005 02:27
I Thank evry body for their replies.

I tried putting CfgMgr32.lib before SetupAPI.lib and compiled it. But
still getting error.
---------------
Linking...

D:\PSDK2003\Lib\iphlpapi.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid
file or
disk full: cannot seek to 0x3d50d14b
---------------

Moreover, in the include path win98 ddk comes before PSDK 2003. when i
compiled the code with this include order it gave 47 errors. Then, I
put PSDK path before WIN98 DDK path and compiled the same code (
without cleanig the object files). To my surprise the no. of error
reduced. Then i kept repeating this process ( alternating include path
and compiling) which considerably reduced errors on each build and
finally compiled without errors.

I got the link errors mentioned in the original post only after this. I
think the LNK1106 error is becuase , VC 4.2 compiler was unable to
understand the PSDK2003 lib file format.

Anyway, I think ,I have to skip doing this development for WIN98 :(

thanks again for evrybody's help

From: Pavel A. on 17 Sep 2005 09:10
"Srix" <SriramKumarVH(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1126852044.349990.231170(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>....
> I think the LNK1106 error is becuase , VC 4.2 compiler was unable to
> understand the PSDK2003 lib file format.

This is very possible, no surprise at all. You could PSDK contemporary to VC4.
--PA


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