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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=5><H2>MDT  Microsoft Minidriver Development Tool</H2>
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<P><span style="color:#FF0000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]</span></P>


</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><H3>SUMMARY</H3>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>The Microsoft Minidriver Development Tool (Microsoft MDT) is a Windows NT&reg; software tool designed for easy development of minidrivers that enable the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (Unidrv) to support new non-Postscript&reg; printers.</P>
<P>The features that Microsoft MDT provides are described below. </P>

<B><P>Minidriver Conversion Wizard</P>
</B><P>The Minidriver Conversion Wizard converts binary minidrivers, used with previous versions of Windows and Windows NT, into text-based minidrivers for Windows 2000. When you use the Wizard, it creates a Windows 2000 minidriver by converting the following files.</P></FONT>
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<B><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Input files</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>File Contents</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Output Files</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><PRE>Windows GPC files</PRE></FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Printer capability descriptions</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Windows 2000 GPD files</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Windows PFM files</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Font descriptions</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Windows 2000 UFM files</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Windows CTT files</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Glyph translations</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Windows 2000 GTT files</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Additionally, the wizard generates resource files (.rc files) with the correct file names and resource identifiers.<P>

<B><P>INF Wizard</B></P>

Automatically creates INF files for installing minidrivers. <P>

</I><B><P>Generic Printer Description (GPD) Editor </P>
</B><P>Syntax-checking text editor for modifying the GPD files that make up Unidrv minidrivers.</P>

<B><P>Unidrv Font Metrics (UFM) Editor </P>
</B><P>Property sheet-based editor for modifying Unidrv Font Metrics files.</P>

</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P>Glyph Translation Table (GTT) Editor </P>
</B><P>Property sheet-based editor for modifying Glyph Translation Table files.</P>

<B><P>String Resource Editor </P>
</B><P>Dialog box for modifying text strings contained in a minidriver's resource file (.rc file).</P>

<B><P>Minidriver Workspace </P>
</B><P>Window-based editing workspace for a Unidrv minidriver, providing access to the minidriver's GPD, UFM, GTT, and resource files.</P>

For more information about the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (Unidrv), see the Windows 2000 DDK.<P>

</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><H3>File Manifest</H3>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier"><PRE>Root:
<U>Files          Description
</U>MINIDEV.EXE&#9;MDT Exe
COMMON.RC&#9;Supporting Files
STDNAMES.GPD&#9;Supporting Files
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><H3>Release Notes</H3>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2>Updates to this Beta version of MDT will be available. To receive notification of updates, send e-mail to </FONT>
<A HREF="mailto:mdtinfo@microsoft.com"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2>mdtinfo@microsoft.com</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2>, using the following format:<P>

	&#9;Title:&#9;<B>MDT: Request New Version<BR>
	&#9;</B>Contact Name:<BR>
	&#9;Phone Number:<BR>
	&#9;Email Address:</P>

<P>Product feedback can also be included in this email. If you are reporting a failure, please describe the failure scenario so it can be reproduced.<P>
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