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

wdkblog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:43:00 GMT

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 these steps to make the sample work in Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update:

Buld the sample using Windows 7.
Change the xpsrassmpl.inf file.
Install the sample on Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update.

For step 2, make these changes to the XPSRASSMPL.INF file:

Change the Manufacturer section to read:

[Manufacturer]%Microsoft%=Microsoft,NTx86.6.1,NTia64.6.1,NTamd64.6.1,NTx86.6.0,NTia64.6.0,NTamd64.6.0

Add the following sections after the Manufacturer section:

[Microsoft.NTx86.6.0]
"XPSRas WDK Sample Driver" = INSTALL_FILTER
[Microsoft.NTia64.6.0]
"XPSRas WDK Sample Driver" = INSTALL_FILTER
[Microsoft.NTamd64.6.0]
"XPSRas WDK Sample Driver" = INSTALL_FILTER

－Seth McEvoy [MSFT], WDK Senior Programming Writer

XPS Document API Now Available for Printer Driver Filter Modules

wdkblog — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:32:00 GMT

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 a Print driver until now.

These XPS functions will enable driver developers to modify XPS documents in greater detail when they are in the filter pipeline. This will make it possible to make custom changes to the documents before they get to the printer. In addition, this API allows you to have access to the document metadata and content.

This API was previously unavailable to Print Driver developers, but has been recently converted to unmanaged code and is now documented in the Windows SDK. The new documentation includes overviews of the XPS Object Model and complete coverage of all interfaces, methods, structures, and enumerators that are implemented by the XPS API.

For more information, see the XPS Document Programming Guide and Reference at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd316976(VS.85).aspx.

－Seth McEvoy [MSFT], WDK Senior Programming Writer

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

XPS Document API Now Available for Printer Driver Filter Modules