| Compiling
the Packet Driver |
The Packet Driver is platform dependent, therefore it MUST be
compiled on the system where you intend to use it.
Compiling on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
Software requirements:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 operating system
- Microsoft Driver Developer Kit (DDK) for NT 4.0 or for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Important note: Windowd NT and 2000 share the common set of code.
However the code must be compiled under the correct platform in order to obtain the correct
driver. In other words, if you compile the driver with the DDK for Windows NT 4,
it will not work properly in Windows 2000 and vice versa.
If your system satisfies the requirements, follow these steps:
- From the Window NT Start menu, select the folder Programs
and then Windows NT DDK. From here select the
voice Checked Build Environment if you want to
build a debug version, or Free Build Environment
if you want to build a release version.
- A DOS shell will be opened. Move to the directory whit
the driver's source code and type the command
compile
This command will generate the driver (packet.sys). The
debug version of the files will be generated in the
directory \i386\checked. The release version in
\i386\free.
- To compile the sources of PACKET.DLL, load the project
contained in the directory packetNT\dll\project in the
Visual C++ 6.0 IDE. Build the project to obtain the
PACKET.DLL and packet.lib files. The debug
version of these files will be generated in the directory
packetNT\dll\project\debug, the release version in
packetNT\dll\project\release.
Warning: usually, during the first compilation of the
driver, a lot of 'last line incomplete' errors are generated.
Ignore these errors and let the compilation process continue.
These errors usually disappear from the second compilation.
Compiling on Windows 95/98/ME
To compile the driver there are the following software
requirements:
- Windows 95/98 operating system
- Driver Developer Kit (DDK) for Windows 95
- Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Visual C++ 6.0
If your system satisfies the requirements, follow these steps:
- Open a dos shell
- Go in the VisualC++ BIN directory (for example
C:\DEVSTUDIO\VC\BIN) and execute the command
Vcvars32
- Go in the SDK directory (for example C:\MSSDK) and
execute the command
Setenv sdk_path
where sdk_path is the directory of SDK (for
example Setenv C:\MSSDK)
- Go in the DDK directory (for example C:\DDK) and execute
the command
Ddkenv 32 net
- Move to the directory whit the driver's source code and
type the command
nmake rtl
to obtain a release version, or
nmake
to obtain a debug version.
The release version of packet.vxd will be placed
in the retail directory, the debug version in
the debug directory.
Warning: we often encountered problems
compiling the driver for Windows 95. In particular on some
systems the NMAKE utility was not able to launch ADRC2VXD (the
driver is generated without the copyright information), and on
other systems the debug version of the driver was not compiled
correctly. We don't know the cause of these problems.
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