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Graphics, Windowing, and Events Subsystem (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

The Graphics, Windowing, and Events Subsystem (GWES) loads user interface device drivers that are used exclusively by GWES:

  • Display drivers
  • Keyboard drivers
  • Mouse drivers
  • Touch screen drivers
  • Printer drivers

These device drivers are native drivers, and each class of device shown in the preceding list has its own interface with GWES. GWES loads each driver based on a registry key for that device driver class. To learn more about configuring the registry for loading a device driver of a specific class, see the Windows Embedded Compact 2013 topics described in the following table.

Driver type

Reference topic

Display

Display Driver Registry Settings

Keyboard

Keyboard and Mouse Driver Registry Settings

Mouse

Keyboard and Mouse Driver Registry Settings

Touch Screen

Touch Proxy Driver Registry Settings

Printer

Printer Driver Registry Settings

For example, GWES loads the display driver DLL specified in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\Drivers\Display. To load a display driver, you configure the file name of the device driver in the Dll setting of this registry key, as described in Display Driver Registry Settings.

See Also

Concepts

Device Driver Loading