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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:41 AM

September Documentation Update

September’s documentation updates were posted to MSDN on October 2 nd , 2009. You can access the updated documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx You can download the offline version of the documentation (in Hxs format)
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Friday, October 02, 2009 2:11 AM

The File System Filter Test Suite

The Microsoft File System Filter team has created a Filter Test Suite to help filter ISVs prepare for the release of Windows 7. The test suite is a collection of regression tests that apply to a number of filtering points in the Windows platform: This
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:43 AM

Changes to XPS Rasterization Filter Sample for Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update

If you are working with the Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update, you will need to make some minor changes to the Print XPS Rasterization Filter Sample. If you want to know more about the Platform Client Update, see KB article 971644 . Follow
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:14 AM

IFS Plugfest 21 Goodies

Did you attend IFS Plugfest 21 but didn't get a chance to grab all the goodies? If so (and you signed the IFS Plugfest 21 NDA), you can access the following goodies via Microsoft Connect. Plugfest slides and videos Filter Test Suite VHD Windows Error
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:52 AM

What’s new in WDF docs for Win7?

I’m the doc writer for both Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) and User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) documentation that’s in the Windows Driver Kit. Perhaps you’d like to know what I’ve been working on for Windows 7. I’ve always been the owner of KMDF
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Friday, August 21, 2009 5:32 AM

MSDN Wiki Discontinued for WDK Documentation

We’ve decided to shut off the Community Content (aka “wiki”) section of WDK documentation on MSDN. A few months ago I provided this blog post , which questioned the usefulness of the Community Content feature for WDK documentation. Your responses to that
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Friday, August 14, 2009 11:57 PM

Do You Have the Very Latest WDK Documentation?

Hopefully you've already downloaded the new Windows 7 version of the WDK, which has all the latest Windows 7 headers, libraries, samples, and test applications: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx . We've also released an even later
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:43 PM

WDK Documentation Downloads Available

You can now download the Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation for Windows 7 in either hxs or chm format from: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKdocs.mspx Please use the feedback link at the bottom of each documentation page to
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Friday, August 07, 2009 1:05 AM

Windows 7 WDK Documentation is Live on MSDN Online

As of a few minutes ago, the Windows 7 RTM WDK documentation refresh went live on MSDN online. You can access the new documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx Next week, the same content will be available in hxs and chm
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Friday, July 10, 2009 10:32 PM

XPS Document API Now Available for Printer Driver Filter Modules

If you are a Print Driver developer using the XPS Filter Pipeline, you can now use unmanaged XPS functions that were previously only available as .NET managed code. Because these functions were originally written for .NET, they could not be called from
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Friday, July 10, 2009 10:09 PM

Customizing a Microsoft Auto Code Review (OACR) Project

Microsoft Auto Code Review (known by the acronym OACR) integrates PREfast for Drivers (PFD) into the WDK build environment and is available when you install the latest WDK for Windows 7. OACR automatically begins working when you open a build environment
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:38 PM

New for Windows 7: Mobile Broadband Miniport Driver Documentation

Windows 7 has added new device driver interfaces (DDIs) to provide support for Mobile Broadband (MB) devices, beginning with Windows 7 Beta. MB miniport drivers are based on the NDIS 6.20 model. You can learn more about NDIS 6.20 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd568055.aspx
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:22 AM

WDK to Continue Posting Documentation in CHM Format

Thanks for all the feedback regarding the CHM version of the WDK documentation. Based on your overwhelmingly positive response, we’ll continue posting the CHM version to WHDC at major Windows release intervals (Beta, RC, RTM, etc.). The CHM for the Windows
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:00 AM

Update to Windows 7 RC Version of the XPS Rasterization Filter Service Sample

Here are two updates that will help Printer driver developers who are working with the RC version of the XPS Rasterization Filter Service sample. 1. If you are using the RC version of the XPS Rasterization Filter Service sample, it is strongly recommended
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:36 AM

Kernel Programming: Nt and Zw Versions of the Native System Services Routines

The Windows native operating system services API is implemented as a set of routines that run in kernel mode. These routines have names that begin with the prefix Nt or Zw . Kernel-mode drivers can call these routines directly. User-mode applications
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