[Inkscape-devel] Want to write software to go between inkscape and plotter, but...

Hi...

I want to write some software to go between inkscape and a plotter.

Specifically, I want to port graphtecprint from python to visual C++ or C# (which ever is easiest). But the more I find out about how M$ drivers are developed, the more I believe this is a lost cause!

Actually, how (or why) dose anyone deal with this? It sounds like a horrible right of passage. And the M$ support for drivers (i.e. the WDK) is no where near as friendly as that for Visual C# or even the less supported Visual C++.

Really, is there anyone here that could help (i.e. point me in the right direction). I have that feeling of possibly spending days trying to use some tool when the answer is a download away.

...thanks