Win7 Development with Managed .NET APIs

Managed APIs for Win 7 jocelyn villaraza

Basic Windows 7 Light-up Features

• Taskbar and Jump Lists• Libraries and Windows Explorer

• Face of your program• Large and small icons• Only customer can pin• Color hot-track

Windows 7 Taskbar – Icons

Icon OverlaySurface important notificationsAppears over your program’s icon

Progress barSurface important notificationsAppears in your taskbar button

• Mini Start Menu for your program

• Surface key destinations and tasks

• Customizable• Accessible via right-click

and via drag• APIs use the name

“Destination List”

Windows 7 Taskbar – Jump Lists

Resources

• Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1C333F06-FADB-4D93-9C80-402621C600E7&displaylang=en )

• Windows API Code Pack for .NET(http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack )

• Windows 7 Taskbar: Developer Resources( http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Windows7Taskbar )

Windows XP to Windows 7 Reference Application ( http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/XP2Win7/ )

• Jumping into Jumplists(http://aimeegurl.com/2009/07/10/techfriday-jumping-into-jumplists )

jocelyn villaraza : i-jocv@microsoft.com : http://aimeegurl.com : isv developer evangelist

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