The Multimedia Application Install program, MINSTALL.EXE, uses
CARDINFO.DLL to provide driver setting prompts for the user. To
change the provided and default settings, CARDINFO.DLL needs to
be modified. CARDINFO.DLL basically is just a resource file.
Therefore, OEM needs only to modify the resource source file and
compile it into resource file using the resource compiler.
The resource compiler, RC.EXE, is included in OS/2 Warp 3.0 and
is located at \OS2 subdirectory. For OS/2 Warp 4.0, it is
available in DDK. ESS Technology provides CARDINFO.OBJ, stub
object file to build DLL from CARDINFO.RC, and the resource
source files.
CARDINFO.RC is used to provide setting prompts for the OS/2
driver. It includes another resource file, LOCALIZE.RC, which
OEM can easily modify for different settings and languages.
Copy it to a temporary directory for modifications. Following
are instructions for modifying the settings.
At the begin of the file LOCALIZE.RC, inside the resource data
block RCDATA 19 are the strings that specify the settings. The
data should always be a string, enclosed in double quotes and
separated with comma. The first string is the number of list
boxes created in the user dialog box, then groups of strings
follow to indicate the properties of each list box. The first
string in the group is the name of the list box. The second is
the number of values in the list box. Next come the values that
are shown in the list box, and another set of values that will
be used in CONFIG.SYS. The total number of values is twice the
number of values set in the resource. The last string is the
index into those values to indicate the default. The first
value is index 1.
After LOCALIZE.RC is modified, put it into the same directory
with CARDINFO.RC, CARDINFO.OBJ, and OEMINST.CMD. Run
OEMINST.CMD to generate CARDINFO.DLL. Copy it back to the
installation disk to replace the old one.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.