Developing for Windows 7

matt lacey

@mrlacey - mrlacey.co.uk

Will be looking at:

Taskbar Overlay Images & ProgressJump Lists

Thumbnail PreviewExplorer Browser

Known Folders & Stock IconsCommand Links

Application Restore and Recovery

Not looking at:

Touch Ink

SensorsDirectX

IE8Logo testing

CODE!

Taskbar Overlay Images

if (TaskbarManager.IsPlatformSupported){ TaskbarManager.Instance.SetOverlayIcon(

this.Handle, icon, "AltText");}

Taskbar Progress Bar

if (TaskbarManager.IsPlatformSupported){ TaskbarManager.Instance.SetProgressValue(

value, maximum);

TaskbarManager.Instance.SetProgressState( TaskbarProgressBarState.Normal);

}

Taskbar JumpLists

if (TaskbarManager.IsPlatformSupported){ JumpList jumplist = JumpList.CreateJumpList();

jumplist.KnownCategoryToDisplay = JumpListKnownCategoryType.Recent; jumplist.AddToRecent(pathToFileOfRegisteredType);

jumplist.AddUserTasks(new JumpListLink(path, "label"));

jumplist.Refresh();}

Common Shell Folder Picker

CommonOpenFileDialog dialog = new CommonOpenFileDialog

{

IsFolderPicker = true};

if (dialog.ShowDialog() == CommonFileDialogResult.OK){ explorerBrowser1.Navigate(dialog.FileAsShellObject);

}

KnownFolders

Task Dialog Command Links

TaskDialog taskDlg = new TaskDialog();

TaskDialogCommandLink button = newTaskDialogCommandLink("name", "text");

buttonElevation.Click += new EventHandler(button_Click);

taskDlg.Controls.Add(buttonError);

taskDlg.Show();

ApplicationRestartRecoveryManager

// This works in Vista but there was no managed way of doing this before!ApplicationRestartRecoveryManager.

RegisterForApplicationRestart(new RestartSettings("restart",

RestartRestrictions.None));

This is the simplest way of forcing an app restart when it crashes

More information:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com /WindowsAPICodePack

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com /Win7DeveloperGuide

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/buildabetterapp/

http://blog.mrlacey.co.uk

twitter.com/mrlacey

Next time:

Christmas CodeFestDecember 3rd