Tools Needed to Compile or Build a Minidriver

ID: Q126357

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Device Development Kit (DDK) for Windows, version 3.1

SUMMARY

To compile a minidriver successfully, you must set the build environment correctly. The tools required for successful compilation of a printer minidriver are:

Microsoft C Compiler version 6.0 or higher.

Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM.EXE) version 5.10.

Microsoft Segmented Executable Linker (LINK.EXE) version 5.60.220.

Microsoft assembler and the linker are provided along with the Windows version 3.1 DDK in the \DDK\286\TOOLS subdirectory.

The environment variables should point to the following directories:


   PATH=\MSVC\BIN;\DDK\286\TOOLS;\WINDEV\BIN
   LIB=\DDK\MINIDRIV\LIB;\WINDEV\LIB;\MSVC\LIB;
   INCLUDE=\DDK\MINIDRIV\INC;\WINDEV\INCLUDE;\MSVC\INCLUDE;

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