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page_type: sample
description: "Demonstrates how to write a HID minidriver using User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)."
languages:
- cpp
products:
- windows
- windows-wdk
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# HID Minidriver Sample (UMDF version 2)

The *HID minidriver* sample demonstrates how to write a HID minidriver using User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF).

The sample demonstrates how to communicate with an HID minidriver from an HID client using a custom-feature item in order to control certain features of the HID minidriver. This is needed since other conventional modes for communicating with a driver, like custom IOCTL or WMI, do not work with the HID minidriver. The sample also is useful in testing the correctness of a HID report descriptor without using a physical device.

## Related topics

[Creating WDF HID Minidrivers](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/wdf/creating-umdf-hid-minidrivers)

[Human Input Devices Design Guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/hid/)

[Human Input Devices Reference](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/ddi/content/_hid/)

[UMDF HID Minidriver IOCTLs](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/ddi/content/hidport/)