Writing Windows Virtural Device Drivers (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

David Thielen (Author), Bryan Woodruff (Author)

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ISBN-10: 020148921X | ISBN-13: 978-0201489217 | Publication Date: April 24, 1995 | Edition: 2

Writing Windows Virtual Device Drivers introduces the concepts of virtual device drivers and shows how to write VxDs in both C and assembly language. Fully-commented complete working source code examples demonstrate how to write a VxD to talk to any hardware device and show the wealth of tricks you can perform with VxDs, including interprocess communication.

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From the Back Cover

Virtual device drivers (also known as VxDs) allow Windows developers to access undreamed of power in their programs. If you want to write programs that have direct access to hardware devices, can interface to vital CPU functions, or can take over parts of the operating system, then welcome to the world of VxDs.

Written by experts in the field, David Thielen and Bryan Woodruff, Writing Windows Virtual Device Drivers introduces the concepts of virtual device drivers and shows how to write VxDs in both C and assembly language. Fully-commented complete working source code examples demonstrate how to write a VxD to talk to any hardware device and show the wealth of tricks you can perform with VxDs, including interprocess communication.

An extensive appendix provides an encyclopedic reference for the Virtual Machine Manager, the preemptive multitasking kernel at the heart of Windows, and system VxD services and macros.

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About the Author

Bryan Woodruff is a software design engineer and writer. David Thielen is a Senior Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Corporation and is a monthly columnist for Windows Tech Journal, C Journal, and .EXE.David Thielen is a software engineer at Microsoft and a regular contributor to Microsoft Systems Journal.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (April 24, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020148921X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201489217
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,606,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a book for begginers, May 29, 1998

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This review is from: Writing Windows Virtural Device Drivers (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

At the time I bought this book, it was the only one available in my local bookstore. I had a project that required me to write a VxD in less than a month, and having never written a VxD, I hoped that this book would gain me quick and dirty insight into the basics of writting one. I found it extremely difficult to follow with not enough explanations of the basics. It seemed to be written for the x86 expert who had already written numerous other types of drivers. I was forced to reread it numerous times while researching other sources of information so that I could understand. There is too much appendix, and not enough examples. It is also chalked full of little annoying typos. The project presented by the author should have been more verbose in the explanantions - I sure would have appreciated it at the time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beginners should look elsewhere, May 17, 2002

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Rob Bean (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writing Windows Virtural Device Drivers (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book assumes you already know a lot.