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        MIDI Yoke >> MIDI Yoke NT >> Suggestion for Midi Yoke NT
        
(Message started by: enb141 on Jun 17^th, 2002, 12:28am)

Title: Suggestion for Midi Yoke NT
Post by enb141 on Jun 17^th, 2002, 12:28am

My suggestion is to create an installer like Nvidia's Detonator, etc. so in that way installing the driver will be easier

Title: Re: Suggestion for Midi Yoke NT
Post by Jamie OConnell on Jun 17^th, 2002, 12:58am

That would be nice. Windows display drivers use a different OS code path for installation, and are based on actual hardware.

If I knew of a way to enhance the installer I would do it, but so far, I do not think it is possible for a virtual device driver. Since there is no hardware backing the device, it cannot use plg-and-play, and cannot take advantage of almost all features of the newer .INF install file format. The only way I know of to have Windows reliably install the driver is to use the current method.

Title: Re: Suggestion for Midi Yoke NT
Post by NeoAlus on Sep 19^th, 2002, 4:02pm

You might look into the way Daemon Tools does it. www.daemon-tools.com
It's a virtual SCSI cdrom device - maybe he can give you his ideas.
I really like your Auto installer though.

-NeoAlus

Title: Re: Suggestion for Midi Yoke NT
Post by Jamie OConnell on Sep 22^nd, 2002, 10:23pm

Thanks for the suggestion. MIDI and Audio device drivers are handled differently than drivers from other parts of the system, but the virtual aspect of the driver is a similar concept.