Expanded Library

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

What you'll learn

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.

Table of contents

Light Up on Windows 7
23mins
Windows 7 Jumplists
38mins
Taskbar Overlays on Windows 7
16mins
Taskbar Thumbnails on Windows 7
28mins
Network Awareness on Windows 7
14mins
Power Awareness on Windows 7
22mins
Windows 7 Libraries
22mins
Windows 7 UAC and Manifests
29mins
Partitioning Administrative Tasks for Windows 7
17mins
Known Folders for Windows 7
25mins
Scheduled Tasks on Windows 7
25mins

About the author

Kate Gregory

Kate Gregory is in her fifth 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. Mentoring, technical writing, and technical speaking are her preferred ways of sharing wisdom with large groups of people. Kate is the author of over a dozen books and speaks at conferences around the world, with keynotes on 5 continents. Kate is a C++ MVP, develops courses (primaril... more

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