[vbox-dev] Windows build instructions

Thu Apr 29 19:04:05 GMT 2010

The link you provided links to a page:

>  Windows Server 2003 DDK
>
> *Note:* The Driver Development Kit (DDK) has been superseded by the Windows
> Driver Kit (WDK) <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/Devtools/wdk/default.mspx>
> .
>
> The Windows Server 2003 DDK is no longer supported. The latest release of
> the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) should be used for all driver development work.
> For reference only, old releases of the WDK and DDK are available on the WDK
> Connect site<https://connect.microsoft.com/site148/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=21028> in
> an archive package. For information on the WDK Connect site, go to How to
> Get the WDK <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx>.
>

WDK Connect site
link<https://connect.microsoft.com/site148/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=21028>in
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Where should I get DDK?

Sergiy

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Huihong Luo <huisinro at yahoo.com> wrote:

> you can try to get the old wdk from Windows Connect Site
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/ddk/default.mspx
> It should install fine on 64-bit. If not, you can always install it on
> 32-bit, then just copy the whole dir to a different machine.
>
> Without shared folder source, you can still go ahead to work on dnd, but
> eventually you will need to extend the features of shared folder driver in
> order to support dnd.
>
> At the moment, you can just share the whole host C: drive as read/write,
> for example, when you drag a file from host to guest, inside guest you can
> retrieve the file from the mapped network drive. When you drag from guest to
> host, you simple save a file to the shared folder.
>
> The difficulty is to how to enable an app (e.g., Windows Explorer inside
> the guest) to pick up the dnd action, coming from the host, and verse versa.
> From my initial investigation, it requires a deep understanding of Microsoft
> COM, the very low level of drop/drag impl, in order for an invidual app to
> pick up the drag/drop event. In other words, it may requires you to
> re-implement a low level mechanism of Windows drag and drop.
>
> I might be wrong, though.
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 4/21/10, Sergiy Byelozyorov <rryk at graphics.cs.uni-sb.de>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Sergiy Byelozyorov <rryk at graphics.cs.uni-sb.de>
> Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Windows build instructions
> To: "Huihong Luo" <huisinro at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "VirtualBox developer's list" <vbox-dev at virtualbox.org>
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:39 PM
>
>
>     (2) C:\WinDDK\3790.1830
>>
>
> Where can I get WinDDK? Will it install on Windows 7 64-bit?
>
>
>>   if you do 64-bit build, it's very involving, you need to have a gcc
>> cross compile tool chain to build a component.
>>
>
> So far I want to build only 32-bit version.
>
>
>>    As for drag and drop support, I spent some time too, it's a very
>> difficult job, just be prepared. The current vbox COM model is incompatible
>> with Windows DnD requirement, which requires single apartment threading, so
>> you will have to do it inside a dedicated thread, and then there are other
>> obstacles to deal with.
>>
>
> Sounds difficult, but I believe that makes it even more challenging and
> interesting :).
>
>
>>   If you want to drag and drop files, since the vbox shared folders
>> driver (for windows guest) is not open sourced, you won't be able to do it.
>>
>
> Does that mean that I will not be able to create shared folder
> programmatically?
>
>
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 4/21/10, Sergiy Byelozyorov <rryk at graphics.cs.uni-sb.de<http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rryk@graphics.cs.uni-sb.de>
>> >* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Sergiy Byelozyorov <rryk at graphics.cs.uni-sb.de<http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rryk@graphics.cs.uni-sb.de>
>> >
>> Subject: [vbox-dev] Windows build instructions
>> To: "VirtualBox developer's list" <vbox-dev at virtualbox.org<http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vbox-dev@virtualbox.org>
>> >
>> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 3:30 PM
>>
>>
>>  Hello, VirtualBox Team
>>
>> I am looking forward to devote some of my free time to develop host/guest
>> drag&drop support for VirtualBox. I have tried this once few years ago, but
>> didn't find enough time then due to some significant changes in my life.
>> Since than I have improved my C++ skills and now my life is more stable. So
>> I would like to try again.
>>
>> I have read Windows build instructions only to find out that my
>> development environment is heavily different from the one required. I am
>> using Windows 7 64-bit, Visual Studio 2008, Windows SDK 2008 and WDK (DDK is
>> not available for download anymore). Is there any chance that I will be able
>> to build VirtualBox with these tools? I have noticed that requirements
>> haven't changed much since I have seen them last time (over 2 years
>> ago). Does that mean that windows builds are not maintained anymore? Or
>> maybe it's just the outdated page?
>>
>> Sergiy
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