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Keyboard Hotkey support UWP App and driver solution
Scope
Keyboard filter driver to capture key presses
Windows Service to process key presses and perform different operations
UWP Application to display system information, and communicate to the driver through HSA
Driver has to adhere to DCHU (Universal driver architecture)
Extended functionality through Extension drivers and software components
Windows 10S support
Servicing of Driver packages through Windows Update (WU)
Servicing of UWP Application from Windows App Store
Solution
The keyboard filter driver was developed as a base driver. This captures the keystrokes and passes on to Hotkey Win32 Service
The extension driver creates software component node. Win32 service is installed as software component
Hotkey UWP App is a Hardware Supported Application (HSA)
Version Binding has been adopted for resolving version mismatch between driver and app
Migration Blocker has been provided to OS Image so that legacy Hotkey can be replaced with UWP solution without issues.
Benefits
Better user experience with the use of dedicated keys on the keyboard
Hassle-free versioning, updates
Results
The first HSA solution for customer division
Supported customer with driver targeting, driver flighting and serving through WU and App store