CREATE DRIVER WITH DIFFERENT COMPILERS | YOUR DEVICE DRIVER

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The project to build your own myfanuc.dll for your devices was created with Visual Studio 2017. If you’re using Visual Studio 2013 it is sufficient to open myfanuc.sln, right click project device -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> General and change Platform Toolset to Visual Studio 2013 - Windows XP (v120_xp).

In case you use a different compiler follow the steps below, tested with Visual Studio 2008 and 2010.

STEPS

• Start Visual Studio, click on File -> New -> Project
• Select on the left side under Visual C++ (1) Win32 (2), Win32 Console Application (3)

FIG 1:    Choose correct settings

• Name: Enter myfanuc (4) (all lowercase)
• Check Create directory for solution (5)
• Location: Adjust the directory if needed
• Click [OK]

• Click on Application Settings (left side)

FIG 2:    Set application type

• Select Application type -> click DLL (6) (uncheck all other items like MFC)
• Click [Finish]

In Solution Explorer:

• Right click project name myfanuc (not Solution!) select Properties
• In Properties select Configuration: All Configurations (7)
• Character Set: Use Multi-Byte Character Set (8)

FIG 3:    Use MBCS

• Under C/C++ -> Warning Level -> Level2 (/W2) (recommended)

• Check C/C++ -> Code Generation -> Runtime Library
  Debug: If Runtime Library is set to Multi-threaded Debug DLL (/MDd) change it to
  Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd)
  Release: If Runtime Library is set to Multi-threaded DLL (/MD) change it to
  Multi-threaded (/MT)
  If you do not change these settings your DLL will not work on other Windows versions!

FIG 4:    Define module definition file

• Section Linker -> Input -> Module Definition File: myfanuc.def (9)
• (Visual Studio >= 2010 only) Section Linker -> Advanced -> Image Has Save Exception Handlers: No (SAFESEH:NO)

FIG 5:    Turn off save exception handlers

Import files to your project

FIG 6:    Import files into your project

• Close the previously created project
• Copy all .cpp, .h and .dev files from the ‘myfanuc’ ZIP file of the device project into your project folder that contains myfanuc.cpp, overwrite the existing files!
• Open your project again
• In Solution Explorer right click Header Files -> Add -> Existing Item select myfanuc.h, static.h and Fwlib32.h
• In Solution Explorer right click Source Files -> Add -> Existing Item select static.cpp and myfanuc.def
• Right click project name device (Solution Explorer) select Rebuild.
• Make sure that your project compiles without errors.

• Create your device driver with different compilers (PDF 366KB)