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February 2007 - Posts

Enabling Your WPD application for AutoPlay on Windows Vista

The power of WPD derives from built-in extensibility mechanisms and scenarios around content type and device function. A good example is AutoPlay, which has been updated in Windows Vista to support WPD scenarios. Instead of providing the ability to only
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WIA Camera Support in Windows Vista (Part 2 of 2)

In the previous post , we gave an overview of the WIA-WPD Compatibility Layer and how WIA Applications can register for WIA_EVENT_DEVICE_CONNECTED events. In this post, we will cover a more advanced topic: customization for PTP and MTP devices. The WIA-WPD
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WIA Camera Support in Windows Vista (Part 1 of 2)

In this two-part post, we will cover WIA support for cameras on Windows Vista, and the migration from WIA to WPD for richer applications. WIA-WPD Compatibility Layer On Windows XP, Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) cameras are accessible through the WIndows
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Working with WMDRM Protected Content using WPD

Setting up your WPD application to handle protected WMDRM content The WPD API supports the transfer and licensing operations for Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM) content. This MSDN article describes two additional properties that are required
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WPDMon Gotchas

If you're developing a WPD driver or a WPD application, you may have come across the WPD Monitor tool (a.k.a. WpdMon). This is a tool that displays WPD traffic between applications and a WPD driver for diagnostic purposes. Plug and Play (PnP) messages
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Debugging Your WPD Driver with Visual Studio 8

WPD drivers are based on the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) – User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) platform. UMDF drivers provide greater stability and security than kernel-mode drivers while providing comparable performance. And, UMDF drivers allow the
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