Microsoft Minidriver Development Tool (MDT)

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Minidriver Development Tool (Microsoft MDT) is a Microsoft Windows NT® software tool designed for easy development of minidrivers that enable the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (Unidrv) to support new non-Postscript® printers.

The features included with the Microsoft MDT follow.

Minidriver Conversion Wizard

The Minidriver Conversion Wizard converts binary minidrivers, used with previous versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows NT, into text-based minidrivers for Microsoft Windows 2000. When you use the Minidriver Conversion Wizard, the wizard creates a Windows 2000 minidriver by converting the following files:

Input files

File Contents

Output Files
Windows GPC files

Printer capability descriptions

Windows 2000 GPD files

Windows PFM files

Font descriptions

Windows 2000 UFM files

Windows CTT files

Glyph translations

Windows 2000 GTT files

Additionally, the wizard generates a resource file (.rc file), which has the correct file name and resource identifier.

INF Wizard

Automatically creates INF files for installing minidrivers.

Generic Printer Description (GPD) Editor

Syntax-checking text editor for modifying the GPD files that make up Unidrv minidrivers.

Unidrv Font Metrics (UFM) Editor

Property sheet-based editor for modifying Unidrv Font Metrics files.

Glyph Translation Table (GTT) Editor

Property sheet-based editor for modifying Glyph Translation Table files.

String Resource Editor

Dialog box for modifying text strings contained in a minidriver's resource file (.rc file).

Minidriver Workspace

Window-based editing workspace for a Unidrv minidriver, which provides access to the GPD, UFM, GTT, and resource files for the minidriver.

For more information about the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (Unidrv), see the Microsoft Windows 2000 Driver Development Kit (DDK).

File Manifest

Root:
Files          Description


Minidev.exe	MDT EXE
Stdnames.gpd	Supporting Files

Release Notes

 You can send product feedback to the following e-mail address: mdtinfo@microsoft.com

If you are reporting a failure, please describe the failure scenario in the e-mail so that the scenario is reproducible.

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