Tools Needed to Compile or Build a Minidriver

Last reviewed: February 23, 1995
Article ID: Q126357

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Device Drvier Development Kit (DDK) for Windows version 3.1

To compile a minidriver successfully, you must set the build environment correctly. The tools required for successful compilation of a printer minidriver are:

Microsoft C Compiler version 6.0 or higher.
Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM.EXE) version 5.10.
Microsoft Segmented Executable Linker (LINK.EXE) version 5.60.220.

Microsoft assembler and the linker are provided along with the Windows version 3.1 DDK in the \DDK\286\TOOLS subdirectory.

The environment variables should point to the following directories:

   PATH=\MSVC\BIN;\DDK\286\TOOLS;\WINDEV\BIN
   LIB=\DDK\MINIDRIV\LIB;\WINDEV\LIB;\MSVC\LIB;
   INCLUDE=\DDK\MINIDRIV\INC;\WINDEV\INCLUDE;\MSVC\INCLUDE;

Additional reference words: environment
KBCategory: kbenv kbprg
KBSubcategory: DDKPRNT

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Last reviewed: February 23, 1995
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