TTY Driver

TTY Driver: Generic Text-Only Driver

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

SUMMARY

The TTY driver is a generic, text-only driver. It prints only text, and it prints it in the native font of the print device, regardless of any formatting in the original document. The TTY driver sample uses the same source files as in the inbox driver, which means you can expect the same output as the inbox generic text-only driver when you build and install this sample.

BUILDING THE SAMPLE

To build the samples, run build -cZ from each directory (RC, UI, Render). The DLLs will be placed in the appropriate platform directory (that is, i386 or IA64). To create a version with verbose debug output, add _DEBUG to the compile defines in the sources file.

After building the samples, they may be installed by using the Add Printer Wizard. Select the local printer, then select Have Disk, and point to the directory containing the tty.inf file. The Windows 2000 and later drivers do not need to be copied to the local directory containing tty.inf.

CODE TOUR

File Manifest

Root:

Files           Description

Dirs           The file containing the directory structure used by build

Tty.htm        The documentation for this sample (this file)

Tty.gpd        The GPD file for the TTY driver

Tty.inf        The printer INF that will install the TTY Driver sample once built

Tty.ini        The printer ini file that specifies the TTY DLLs for the TTY Driver sample

Ttyui.hlp      The help file for the UI

\UFM           The directory containing UFM files

\GTT           The directory containing GTT files

RC directory:

Files           Description

Tty.rc         The resource file for UFM, GTT ID

Source         The generic file for building the code sample

Makefile       The generic file for building the code sample

Inc Directory:

Files           Description

Name.h         The header file for the DDI string name

Tty.h          The header file for the memory operation function

Ttyui.h        The header file for the UI operation

UI directory:

Files           Description

Debug.cpp      The code for debugging functions

Debug.h        The header for debug.cpp

Kmode.h        The header file that allows the source code to build a Kernel mode OEM DLL

Makefile       The generic file for building the code sample

Oem.h          The header that contains common defines between the OEM UNI and rendering modules

Oemcom.cpp     Source module for the OEM code that customizes the Printer Properties UI

Oemcomui.h     The header for Oemcom.cpp

Precomp.h      The header that includes the headers to pre-compile

Resource.h     The header for the ui module’s resources

Sources        The generic file for building the code sample

Ttyui.cpp      Source module that implements called function from the OEMCOM

Ttyui.rc       The resource file for the ui module

Ttyui.rcv      Contains version strings read by the operating system

Ttyuihlp.h     The header for the ui help file

Ttyui.def      The file that list the exported functions

Render directory:

Files           Description

Debug.cpp      The code for debugging functions

Debug.h        The header for debug.cpp

Kmode.h        The header file that allows the source code to build a Kernel mode DLL

Makefile       The generic file for building the code sample

Oem.h          The header that contains common defines between the OEM UI and rendering modules

Oemcom.cpp     Source module that implements the OEM COM Printer Customization rendering interface

Oemcom.h       The header for Oemcom.cpp

Precomp.h      The header that includes the headers to pre-compile

Resource.h     The header for the rendering module’s resources

Sources        The generic file for building the code sample

Ttyud.cpp      Source module that implements called function from the OEMCOM

Ttyud.h        The header for ttyud.cpp

Ttyud.rc       The resource file for the rendering module

Tty.def        The file that lists the exported functions

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