Developing for Windows7 with the APICodepack

Developing for Windows 7
matt lacey
@mrlacey - mrlacey.co.uk

Will be looking at:
Taskbar Overlay Images & Progress
Jump Lists
Thumbnail Preview
Explorer Browser
Known Folders & Stock Icons
Command Links
Application Restore and Recovery

Not looking at:
Touch
Ink
Sensors
DirectX
IE8
Logo testing

Taskbar Overlay Images
if (TaskbarManager.IsPlatformSupported)
{
TaskbarManager.Instance.SetOverlayIcon(
this.Handle, icon, "AltText");
}

Taskbar Progress Bar
{
TaskbarManager.Instance.SetProgressValue(
value, maximum);
TaskbarManager.Instance.SetProgressState(
TaskbarProgressBarState.Normal);
}

Taskbar JumpLists
{
JumpListjumplist = JumpList.CreateJumpList();
jumplist.KnownCategoryToDisplay =
JumpListKnownCategoryType.Recent;
jumplist.AddToRecent(pathToFileOfRegisteredType);
jumplist.AddUserTasks(new JumpListLink(path, "label"));
jumplist.Refresh();
}

Common Shell Folder Picker
CommonOpenFileDialog dialog =
newCommonOpenFileDialog
{
IsFolderPicker = true
};
if (dialog.ShowDialog() == CommonFileDialogResult.OK)
{
explorerBrowser1.Navigate(dialog.FileAsShellObject);
}

KnownFolders

Task Dialog Command Links
TaskDialogtaskDlg = newTaskDialog();
TaskDialogCommandLink button = new
TaskDialogCommandLink("name", "text");
buttonElevation.Click +=
newEventHandler(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(
newRestartSettings("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/

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Developing for Windows7 with the APICodepack

by Matt Lacey on Oct 23, 2009

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