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INFO: WIN31COMPAT Flag Allows Compatible Win3.1, Win95 VxDs

PSS ID Number: 169582

Article Last Modified on 3/6/1999

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SUMMARY

By using the WIN31COMPAT flag, you can build a VxD that is binary compatible between Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. A number of DDK header files check for this flag because certain functionality is new for Windows 95 and would not work under Windows 3.1.

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You can define this flag in your header file: 
   #define WIN31COMPAT

Alternately, you can pass the flag to the assembler in the makefile, using -DWIN31COMPAT. For example, in the Windows 95 DDK under \ddk\base\samples\generic, the makefile contains the line: 
   AFLAGS = -coff -DBLD_COFF -DIS_32 -W2 -c -Cx -Zm -DMASM6 $(DDEBUG)

You can simply insert -DWIN31COMPAT on this line.

To ensure binary compatibility in your VxD between Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, you must not call services that are new for Windows 95.

Keywords: KB169582
Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbWin32DDK95 kbWin32DDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWin95search kbWinDDKSearch


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