SAMPLE: Event.exe Shows How to Share and Signal an Event Object

Last reviewed: February 4, 1998
Article ID: Q176415

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Device Development Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

The Event.exe sample demonstrates one way that a Windows NT kernel-mode device driver can share and explicitly signal an Event Object with a Win32 application. It is composed of two parts: a Windows NT kernel-mode device driver, and a Win32 console test application. Both are built using the Windows NT DDK.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Event.exe (size: 23661 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Keywords          : NTDDKKMode
Platform          : winnt

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Last reviewed: February 4, 1998
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