Communicat​e with HID device

Question

I need to communicate to a USB HID device.  I have some sample code written in Borland showing the different function calls I need to use including HidD_GetHidGuid, SetupDiGetClassDevs, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, etc., all of which are part of the HID library that comes with the Windows DDK.  I added the HID.lib and header files to my project, but I get compile errors on multiple items in the header files.  For example, the code:
 __checkReturn
__drv_maxIRQL(PASSIVE_LEVEL)
NTSTATUS __stdcall
HidP_GetCaps (
   __in      PHIDP_PREPARSED_DATA      PreparsedData,
   __out     PHIDP_CAPS                Capabilities
generates the error message "Declared parameter 'HidP_GetCaps' is missing".  This error message indicates that CVI thinks this is an old-style parameter declaration.  I think that really means that CVI doesn't understand the _drv_maxIRQL(PASSIVE_LEVEL)" macro and is treating it as the function name.  I can't find any explanation on MSDN of where this macro is defined.   I'm starting to think that it is intrinsic to VC++.
Going a different direction, I found some references to a KB article on using VISA to control an HID device.   The KB mentions creating an INF file for my device and using that driver instead of the standard HID driver that gets installed by default.  I am going to be distrbuting my program to multiple non-technical users.  I can't ask them to go through the process of uninstalling a default driver and then installing the correct one (some of them may not even have admin privileges on their PCs).
This leads me to several questions:
1) Is there a way for me to include the HID library in my project so I can just use it?
2) Is there a way to use VISA for this without creating a custom driver for the device?
3) Is there an easier way to do this that I'm missing?
Tony

Answer 1

Hi,
Before purchasing any file, you need to know which device you are working with.First, you need to know the device. Then you need the name of the chip providing USB communication (VID, PID). Generally, the chip manufacturer provides DLL files or source code to develop what you want. You should also know if the device is supported by VISA.
Can you answer the previous question?
Thanks