Regarding Non-PnP Reader:
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Non-Plug and Play IFD Handler must be registered through
SmartcardCreateLink(). It creates either symbolic link (for WDM)
or registry value under some key (for VXD). The Resource Manager
then scans those symbolic links (or registry values) to find all
available readers when it starts.
However there is no correct way to "disconnect" the reader - i.e.
tell the SCRM to close your device, delete the symbolic link and
possibly unload the driver. This is possible only when using PnP
and moreover on W2K and XP (they have "intelligent" SCRM).

Regarding selection of the port:
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There are several ways of how to do it. One may be your self-detection,
if it is possible (for example if to check if your reeader is present
doesn't take more than some short time, for example 1 second),
on all available ports when the driver starts.
Another way is to configure your driver through registry or through
communication with some user mode program (CPL), however
I think that this should be used only when there is no automatic way.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: SmartCardDDK [mailto:SmartCardDDKDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of
Stéphane Czeck
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:03 PM
To: SmartCardDDKDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
Subject: A totally basic but necessary for me question

Hi everyone.

I've developped a vdx driver for my serial port smartcard reader in order
to integrate it in a PC/SC architecture (it is based on the sample for the
Bull tlp3 that came with the DDK).

The reader is not plug n play. The driver seems to be correctly installed
on my computer (at least that's what the device manager tells me).

Now, how do I declare it to the resource manager? And knowing that the
reader is NOT plug n play, how do I specify the serial port on which the
reader is plugged?

Many thanks for advance.

Stéphane
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