Introduction to Windows 7 Development

By Kate Gregory
Gets you started developing for Windows 7 using the Windows API Code Pack, a managed library from Microsoft
Course info
Rating
(41)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 5, 2010
Duration
4h 21m
Table of contents
Light Up on Windows 7
Introduction and lighting Up 5m Version checking 9m Demo: Enabling user interface components and notifying the User 6m Demo: Exceptions on older versions 3m
Windows 7 Jumplists
Introduction 1m Windows API Code Pack 5m Windows 7 Taskbar - Jumplists, overlays, thumbnails 11m Jumplist terminology 4m Demo: Recent and frequent destinations 6m Demo: Custom categories in your jumplist 5m Demo: Tasks in your jumplist 6m
Taskbar Overlays on Windows 7
Introduction 1m Demo: Icon Overlays 7m Demo: Progress Bar Overlays 8m
Taskbar Thumbnails on Windows 7
Introduction 2m The purpose for thumbnail buttons 4m Demo: Thumbnail buttons 9m Demo: Thumbnail Clipping 4m Demo: Tabbed Thumbnails 8m Taskbar Wrapup 1m
Network Awareness on Windows 7
Introduction to Network Awareness 1m How Network Awareness helps 2m Demo: Online or Offline? 6m Know Your Networks 2m Demo: Know Your Networks 3m
Power Awareness on Windows 7
Introduction to Power Awareness 1m Why Power Awareness matters 2m Demo: Monitoring Power Usage 4m How Can Your App Extend Battery Life? 5m Power Awareness and Events 10m
Windows 7 Libraries
Introduction to Windows 7 Libraries 1m How libraries help productivity 3m Reading from and writing to a library 3m Demo: Known libraries 2m Demo: Library properties 5m Demo: Managing libraries 8m
Windows 7 UAC and Manifests
Introduction 1m UAC - What and why 4m Demo: UAC in action 4m What makes an application elevate? 1m Demo: Manifests 11m Demo: Other elevation issues 5m What should you do about UAC? 3m
Partitioning Administrative Tasks for Windows 7
Introduction to partitioning 1m Some applications are for standard users but have administrative portions 4m Demo: A partitioned app 8m When and how to partition 4m
Known Folders for Windows 7
Introduction to Known Folders 2m A hardcoded path is a bug 2m The Environment.Specialfolder enum 3m Demo: Writing to AppData 5m Code Pack's Known Folders 3m Demo: Using a known library 5m Demo: Exploring Known Folders 5m
Scheduled Tasks on Windows 7
Introduction to Windows 7 Scheduled Tasks 1m What is a Scheduled Task? 2m Setting up a Scheduled Task 6m Scheduled Tasks and Services 5m Setting up a Scheduled Task from code 11m
Description
Course info
Rating
(41)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 5, 2010
Duration
4h 21m
Description

This tutorial is aimed at Windows developers (Windows Forms or WPF) who want to add Windows 7 capabilities to their application. The emphasis is on providing a helpful and efficient user experience by hooking into what Windows 7 has to offer. You do not need to know how to interop to native code or how the Windows 7 features work internally.

About the author
Kate Gregory
About the author

Kate Gregory is in her fourth decade of being paid to program. Her firm, Gregory Consulting Limited, is based in rural Ontario and helps clients adopt new technologies and adjust to the changing business environment. Current work makes heavy use of .NET and Visual C++ for both web and client development, especially for Windows 7 and 8. Managing, mentoring, technical writing, and technical speaking occupy much of her time, but she still writes code every week.

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