1. The Windows API Code Pack: Add Windows 7 Features to Your Application
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The Windows API Code Pack: Add Windows 7 Features to Your Application
Kate Gregory
Gregory Consulting
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2. Agenda What is different about Windows 7? Visuals Fundamentals
Taskbar jumplists
Taskbar overlays – icons and progress bars
Thumbnail buttons and custom thumbnails
Fundamentals
Power awareness
Network awareness
Libraries
Restart and recovery

3. Accessibility from managed code
Directly-callable using. NET interop mechanisms
Eg RSS, Office
C++/CLI or PInvoke signatures
Eg Application Recovery and Restart
Raw Win32
Eg Power Management, Windows Vista Wizards
COM
Eg Search and Organize APIs
Extra difficult to call from managed code
Eg Common File Dialogs, Network Awareness
Easy
Hard

4. What is the Windows API Code Pack?
Managed class library to access to Windows 7 features
Windows Shell namespace
Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs
Support for Shell property system
Taskbar Jump Lists, Icon Overlay and Progress bar
Common file dialogs
Direct3D 11.0 and DXGI 1.0/1.1 APIs
Sensor Platform APIs
Extended Linguistic Services APIs

5. Highlights from Windows API Code Pack
All demos are from the samples that ship with it
All demos are provided in both VB and C#
Samples are designed as a source of code for you
But you would hardcode so much more
Run the apps to experiment and see what you like

6. What You Will See Taskbar Jumplists Taskbar Overlays
Taskbar Thumbnail Buttons
Restart and Recovery
Power Management

7. DEMO Taskbar - Jumplists Tech Ed North America 2010 2/23/2019 6:28 PM
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8. Taskbar Jumplists Private jumpList As JumpList
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Taskbar Jumplists
Private jumpList As JumpList
jumpList.AddToRecent(fileName)
jumpList.KnownCategoryToDisplay =
JumpListKnownCategoryType.Recent
category1 = new JumpListCustomCategory(“My Category 1")
jumpList.AddCustomCategories(category1)
category1.AddJumpListItems(New JumpListItem(path))
Dim p As String = Path.Combine(systemFolder, "notepad.exe")
Dim ir As IconReference = New IconReference(p, 0)
Dim jll As JumpListLink = New JumpListLink(p, "Open Notepad")
jll.IconReference = ir
jumpList.AddUserTasks(jll)
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9. DEMO Taskbar - Overlays Tech Ed North America 2010 2/23/2019 6:28 PM
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Taskbar Overlays
TaskbarManager windowsTaskbar = TaskbarManager.Instance
windowsTaskbar.SetOverlayIcon(Me.Handle, My.Resources.Green, "Green")
windowsTaskbar.SetProgressState(
TaskbarProgressBarState.Error)
windowsTaskbar.SetProgressValue(
currentValue, maxValue)
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11. Taskbar – Thumbnail Buttons and Clipping
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Taskbar – Thumbnail Buttons and Clipping
DEMO
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12. Taskbar Thumbnails buttonFirst = New ThumbnailToolbarButton(
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Taskbar Thumbnails
buttonFirst =
New ThumbnailToolbarButton(
My.Resources.first, "First Image")
AddHandler buttonFirst.Click, AddressOf buttonFirst_Click
TaskbarManager.Instance.TabbedThumbnail.
SetThumbnailClip(Me.Handle,
New Rectangle(pictureBox1.Location, pictureBox1.Size))
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13. Restart and Recovery Register for Recovery Register for Restart
Chance to save your information on another thread
OS calls your code for you
Register for Restart
OS will run your app again (with a hint) after it dies

14. DEMO Restart and Recovery Tech Ed North America 2010 2/23/2019 6:28 PM
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15. Restart and Recovery ApplicationRestartRecoveryManager.
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Restart and Recovery
ApplicationRestartRecoveryManager.
RegisterForApplicationRestart(
new RestartSettings("/restart",
RestartRestrictions.None));
RecoveryData data = new RecoveryData(
new RecoveryCallback(RecoveryProcedure),
null);
RecoverySettings settings = new RecoverySettings(data, 0);
RegisterForApplicationRecovery(settings);
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16. Power Management Is the machine running on battery?
What can your application do to extend battery life?
Autosave less frequently
Autosave before critical battery reached
Scale back the user experience
Graphics richness
Reduce the frequency of data updates
Stop spinning the CD for sound effects access
Reduce CPU work loads
Number of threads, thread priorities
Use hardware (not software) rendering for graphics
Turn off or constrain background processing
Defer unnecessary tasks

17. DEMO Power Management Tech Ed North America 2010 2/23/2019 6:28 PM
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18. Power Management PowerManager.PowerSourceChanged +=
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PowerManager.PowerSourceChanged +=
new EventHandler(PowerSourceChanged);
PowerManager.PowerPersonality
PowerManager.PowerSource
PowerManager. GetCurrentBatteryState(). EstimatedTimeRemaining
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19. Code Pack Gets managed developers working on Windows 7 now
WPF or Windows Forms
C# or VB
Not the only way to get there
Some of this is in WPF (.NET 4)
You could do your own interop, but why?
Others have written other wrappers
Documentation and samples
Discussions on Code Gallery
If you need to change or redistribute, you can

20. Windows API Code Pack Roadmap
June 2011
2.0
Expanded Shell
API coverage
1.0
Initial release
Aug
2009
1.0.5
cleanups
Mid July 2010
1.0.1
Bug fixes
Nov
2009
1.5
Fundamentals
Jan
2011

21. Taskbar Restart and Recovery Power Awareness What you’ve seen
Jumplists – nouns and verbs
Icon overlays
Progress bar overlays
Thumbnail buttons
Thumbnail clipping
Restart and Recovery
Power Awareness

22. Call to Action Download Code Pack
Add functionality to your application so it lights up on Win 7
Feels like a Windows 7 app (taskbar etc.)
Never lose unsaved data to a crash again
Power efficiency and thoughtfulness

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