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In the session Pat Tormey demonstrates how to use Known Folders in Windows 7 using the Windows API Code Pack with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 . This sample code shows how to list the new virtual folders and how to make use of them with the API Code Pack's...
In this session, Pete Brown shows us how to implement Windows 7 taskbar icon overlays using the native facilities in WPF 4. Both bitmap (png) and vector overlays are shown. Overlay icons are used to show what, for running applications in previous operating...
In this session, Pete Brown shows us how to use Windows 7 text-to-speech facilities in .NET 4 to make your .NET applications talk. No need to drop down to the SAPI APIs when you can do it all from within managed code. Thrown in for good measure is a simple...
The Windows 7 taskbar has a ton of interesting features you can use to provide information to your users. One of these is Taskbar Progress Reporting. In previous versions of WPF, this functionality was surfaced only through the Windows API Code Pack....
In this segment Pat Tormey demonstrates How To use the Windows 7 Taskbar ProgressBar while staying compatible with previous Windows versions The ProgressBar allows your application to keep the user notified of changes in state from Errors, warnings, normal...
In this session Pat Tormey demonstrates ‘How To’ Use JumpLists in Windows 7 applications. He includes a quick review of what JumpLists are and a short introduction to the Windows API Code Pack then adds a couple of JumpList items to a WinForms application...
In this session Pat Tormey demonstrates ‘How To’ use Overlay Icons in Windows 7 applications using the Windows API Codepack and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Overlay Icons are graphic additions to the existing application Icon shown on the TaskBar or Windows...