Easy Code version 1.06.0.0001
and later
add the new Classic
NT driver (sys) project
type, which allows you to get into 32-bit driver
programming. When you choose
a Classic NT driver (sys)
project type, a basic structure is created and the
minimum required files are also added
(ntddk.h
and ntoskrnl.exe).
This
driver default code can be built without errors,
but it just does nothing.
In addtiion
to the usual .h
files located
at \GoAsm\Include
(the GoAsm headers
must be installed), driver
programming requires some extra .h
files which can be found in the
\EasyCode.Go\Include
folder. So, in order to avoid
errors when programming a driver, please take into
account the following considerations:
The GoAsm
headers must be used (the Use
the GoAsm
headers option in the Settings
menu must be selected). For more information please see Using
the GoAsm headers.
The driver entry
frame must ALWAYS
be named DriverEntry
(case sensitive) and so it is expected by the linker.
Otherwise, the corresponding error will be fired
at link time.
NEVER
include the Windows.h
nor Windows.inc
files (if included, errors will be fired at compile
time). Instead, ntddk.h
must be always
included.
Necessary header
files (.h)
for basic driver
programming not being in
the \GoAsm\Include
folder, can be found in the \EasyCode.Go\Include
folder.
Any other
file being used in a project, and not related
to Driver Development Kit, should be placed in the
project folder.
Header
files (.h)
being in the \EasyCode.Go\Include
folder
should not be used for projects other than Classic
NT driver (sys) project type.
Although Easy Code gives the necessary support,
driver programming is not an easy task, specially for
being debugged, and most programming errors go into a
blue screen (BSOD). If you like to get into driver
programming, you can find a good tutorial for beginners
at Kernel
Mode
Drivers
website.
Also, you can find a simple 32-bit driver example
(ECPDriver),
which gets all processes running
in the system, and a little application to test it
(ECPDrvTest).
Both have
been programmed by Héctor A.
Medina and are located in the
\EasyCode.Go\Examples
folder. You can get another 32-bit driver example
by clicking the following link:
REMARKS:
The Easy Code
driver project type only supports 32-bit NT driver programming
(.sys)
for Windows NT and later, so there is no support for
Windows 95/98/ME drivers (.vxd).
SPECIAL THANKS: Héctor Antonio Medina who has worked very hard to make possible that Easy Code can include the necessary support for driver programming.