TARGET_DEVICE_CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION structure (wdm.h)

The TARGET_DEVICE_CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION structure describes a custom device event.

Syntax

typedef struct _TARGET_DEVICE_CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION {
  USHORT       Version;
  USHORT       Size;
  GUID         Event;
  PFILE_OBJECT FileObject;
  LONG         NameBufferOffset;
  UCHAR        CustomDataBuffer[1];
} TARGET_DEVICE_CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION, *PTARGET_DEVICE_CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION;

Members

Version

Specifies the version of the data structure, currently 1.

Size

Specifies the size of the structure, in bytes, including the first three standard members plus the event-specific data.

Event

Specifies a GUID identifying the event. GUIDs for custom event notification are defined by the components that use this mechanism.

FileObject

Pointer to a file object for the device.

NameBufferOffset

Specifies the offset, in bytes, from beginning of CustomDataBuffer where text begins. A value of -1 indicates that there is no text.

CustomDataBuffer[1]

A variable-length buffer, optionally containing binary data at the start of the buffer, followed by an optional text buffer (word-aligned).

Remarks

Kernel-mode components use this structure for custom event notification: to signal a custom event (IoReportTargetDeviceChange[Asynchronous]) and when handling a custom event (in a notification callback routine).

This structure accommodates both a variable-length binary data buffer and a variable-length Unicode text buffer. The NameBufferOffset must indicate where the text buffer begins, so the data can be delivered in the appropriate format (ANSI or Unicode) to user-mode applications that registered for handle-based notification with RegisterDeviceNotification. See also RegisterDeviceNotification.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	wdm.h (include Wdm.h, Ntddk.h, Ntifs.h)

See also

IoRegisterPlugPlayNotification

IoReportTargetDeviceChange

IoReportTargetDeviceChangeAsynchronous

RegisterDeviceNotification