Re: What is the risk of NOT using build but Visual Studio IDE

I do not know if you know this, but at Hollis Technology you can download a
script called "DDKBUILD" which helps integrating the Windows DDK with Visual
Studio .Net

http://www.hollistech.com/

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Christoph Lindemann
Undocumented Printing
http://www.undocprint.org/


"kuasha" <kuasha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Don. I was just curious about it. It should be really hard to
maintain
a project that does not use build. Tools does not work. Microsoft help is
not
available. But I think it is possible for microsoft to integrate the WDK
with
Visual Studio.

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Sincerely,
Maruf Maniruzzaman,
Software Engineer,
KAZ Software Limited,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
http://www.kaz.com.bd
http://www.kuashaonline.com



"Don Burn" wrote:

The likelyhood of generating the wrong binary is very large. I have
encountered this with a number of companies, that thought they could use
Visual Studio and got drivers that "worked". Only problem is there was a
subtle bug, that did not work. In one case a client took my code and put
it in to a VS project (no DDKBUILD), then complained that there was a bug
in the production build. I proved it was their environment.

Not using BUILD and the tools designated by Microsoft is proof that the
firm is not professional, and their products and sevices should be
avoided.


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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
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"kuasha" <kuasha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some tools like PreFast does not work. But is there any risk of
generating
wrong binary if I use the header files and lib files to compile the
driver
with Visual Studio IDE? I tried to build the driver and it worked. The
driver
verifier also did not report any error.

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Sincerely,
Maruf Maniruzzaman,
Software Engineer,
KAZ Software Limited,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
http://www.kaz.com.bd
http://www.kuashaonline.com






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