DPInst and DIfx usage
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From: JY on 12 Jan 2010 09:41 Hi, I have a requirement to install a device driver using DPInst / DIfx from an MFC based application. I've looked through the MSDN documentation on these but haven't got a clear idea of what exactly are the steps involved in doing this. If I use ShellExecute(Ex) to invoke DPInst from my application, what ore the other things that I need to do? Of course I would need the path to the driver file, can I specify this using a compiler switch? What other things are needed? TIA, JY
From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 12 Jan 2010 14:47 > I have a requirement to install a driver from a MFC based application using > DPInst / DIFx You can also call APIs like SetupCopyOEMInf or UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices instead of invoking DPInst. -- Maxim S. Shatskih Windows DDK MVP maxim(a)storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com
From: Tim Roberts on 13 Jan 2010 01:23 JY <sd(a)nospamgroup.com> wrote: > >I'm posting this for the 3rd time. Somhow my posts are not showing up for >whatever reason - please excuse. > >I have a requirement to install a device driver from my MFC application and >have looked through some MSDN documention on usage of DPInst and DIFx >framework, but I haven't got a clear idea yet. For DPInst, all you need to do is create an XML configuration file, have DPInst.exe in the same directory as the INF file and the XML file, and run DPInst. It's pretty darned easy. >1. A basic question is if I have a driver file that I need to install what >exactly are the steps to be followed? Take DPInst.exe, your DPInst.xml, your .inf, and your .sys. Have your installer copy that to a Program Files location, then launch DPInst. That's it. That will pre-install the driver. >2. Can I use ShellExecute(Ex) to launch DPInst? What other things are needed? Yes, indeed. I call it from an NSIS install script. -- Tim Roberts, timr(a)probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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