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SB AWE32 Developer's Information Pack PART III Windows Driver API •• 35

PART III Windows Driver API

Overview

AWEMAN.DLL is a resource (effects microcode and user samples) manager. There are two types of

resources, effects microcode and user samples. Download requests for effects microcode or user

samples can be initiated by the user application that uses AWE Manager's API. When an effect is being

selected by the user, AWE Manager will relay the request to the SBAWE32.DRV driver. This driver

will download the required effect microcodes into the AWE32. The diagram below depicts the

relationships of the libraries and drivers for the Sound Blaster AWE32.

Windows Application Control Panel

MMSYSTEM AWE Manager

SBAWE32 MIDI Driver

Registration

Database

Sound Blaster AWE32 Hardware

There are 16bit and 32bit (Windows NT) versions of SBAWE32.DRV to accommodate different

applications in different platform. AWE Manager also supports both versions: AWEMAN.DLL for

Win16 and AWEMAN32.DLL for Win32. The previous diagram shows the architecture which is

common to both platform.

AWEMAN.DLL contains API services which can be used by any 16bit applications running in Windows

3.1x or Windows 95 environment. AWEMAN32.DLL, on the other hand, supports 32bit applications

running in Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.5x. The following diagram shows the relationship between

AWEMAN.DLL and AWEMAN32.DLL when they are used in Windows 95.