WinHEC 2004 is rapidly approaching, and with it will be our Driver Install Frameworks 1.0 release. As a final stepping stone to that milestone, I'm pleased to announce that the Release Candidate of the Driver Install Frameworks is available! To download, just visit http://beta.microsoft.com
Please take a look at this latest revision of the tools and let us know if you find any problems by filing bugs on BetaPlace or posting in the newsgroups.
News source: Beta Place
Please take a look at this latest revision of the tools and let us know if you find any problems by filing bugs on BetaPlace or posting in the newsgroups.
News source: Beta Place
hanges in this release:
DPInst + DIFxAPP changes:
·The expiry date of this version has been set to 7/1/2004.
·Support for two new driver types, namely network drivers and kernel modules, has been added.
·New rules for writing driver packages have been introduced. Documentation and samples are available in "DriverPackageGuidelines.zip".
·For PnP uninstall will not just remove the driver from the devices but install the next best available driver. (also applies to DIFXAPP)
DPInst only:
·New flag installAllOrNone (/i), fails installation if one of several packages fails to install.
·UI changes list the status of all packages found (eg: package installed, packages ready, package unsigned, package cert expired)
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