Windows 7 Code Pack V. 1.0 Released

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The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides support for various features of Windows 7 and previous releases of that operating system. The Code Pack has reached version 1.0 and has been published on Code Gallery:

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Here are some of the features you can from managed code using the Code Pack:

Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars.
Windows 7 Libraries, Known Folders, non-file system containers.
Windows Shell Search API support, a hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities, and Drag and Drop functionality for Shell Objects.
Explorer Browser Control.
Shell property system.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs.
Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs. (DirectWrite and WIC have partial support)
Sensor Platform APIs
Extended Linguistic Services APIs
Power Management APIs
Application Restart and Recovery APIs
Network List Manager APIs
Command Link control and System defined Shell icons.

http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2009/08/07/windows-7-code-pack-v-1-0-released.aspx

 

[dmex]

What exactly does this do? Is it for W7 or Vista? Cause I'm running shark007's codec pack and it rocks so far.

Its for .NET developers using new Windows 7 features, completely unrelated with codecs

 

[Antman]

:roflmaod)

 

[masterB]

:roflmaod)

Nice avatar Antman!

 

[iakinthos]

post count maniacs:huh:

 

[Lee]

Antman you have changed.

Thanks for the Codec.

 

[fakeasdf]

Creepy Avatar... Like what was said before, it's for developers Developing in Windows 7 is exciting! It's loads easier than Vista...

 

[Zidane24]

Its for .NET developers using new Windows 7 features, completely unrelated with codecs

Is this implemented in Visual Studio 2010 dmex?

 

[dmex]

Is this implemented in Visual Studio 2010 dmex?

Nope, You have to import them into your project or reference them to be able to use any new Vista/Windows 7 feature.. It'll be a few years before any new features are integrated into the Framework

I wouldn't use VS2010 for our projects either, VS2010 beta1 is rather unstable and you'll have to manually convert the project files back into VS08 since thats what were all using or another format VS2010 will most probably end up using, VS08 is more stable and reliable compiling code

 

[Zidane24]

Nope, You have to import them into your project or reference them to be able to use any new Vista/Windows 7 feature.. It'll be a few years before any new features are integrated into the Framework

I wouldn't use VS2010 for our projects either, VS2010 beta1 is rather unstable and you'll have to manually convert the project files back into VS08 since thats what were all using or another format VS2010 will most probably end up using, VS08 is more stable and reliable compiling code

alrighty then...check the "usual" place to check the entry I made on one of such projects

 

[fakeasdf]

I'm psyched for dotnet 4.0. Some pretty awesome changes are coming out. in C# 4.0 the optional parameters are a life safer for COM. We've had to leave a slew of our COM objects in VB gross.