Introducing Windows 7 for Developers

by Fliess, Alon; Moroney, Laurence

• ISBN13: 9780735626829
• ISBN10: 0735626820
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Get your first look at Windows 7 and see how much more productive and efficient the development life cycle can be. Guided by three Windows programming experts, you ll examine new Windows 7 capabilities and get a head start exploiting them to build better user experiences and applications. Topics include multi-touch gesture support, graphics and video enhancements, the Ribbon user interface (including the difference between Windows 7 Ribbon and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Ribbon) , federated search, the Libraries feature, Taskbar functionality, the new Windows Sensor and Location platform, and more.

Author Biography

Yochay Kiriaty is a Technical Evangelist well-known voice on the official Windows 7 Developers blog. He has 10+ years' experience in software development and management. Laurence Moroney is a Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist with more than 10 years experience in software development and implementation. He's written several popular books on Silverlight and Web development. Sasha Goldshtein, MVP for Visual C#, is a senior consultant at an international training and consulting firm. He specializes in managed and native solutions for Windows and is an expert on performance and interoperability. Alon Fliess is an MVP for Visual C++ and an expert on Windows development, internals, and software architecture. He develops training courses and technical content for Windows, and speaks at industry events.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Welcome to Windows 7	p. 1
What Has Changed Since Windows Vista?	p. 1
Seven Ways to Shine on Windows 7	p. 3
Taskbar	p. 4
Libraries	p. 6
Touch, Multitouch, and Gestures	p. 8
Sensor and Location	p. 9
Ribbon	p. 10
Enhanced Graphics Platform	p. 13
Improved Fundamentals	p. 15
Summary	p. 18
Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Basic Features	p. 19
Design Goals of the Windows 7 Taskbar	p. 21
A Feature Tour of the Windows 7 Taskbar	p. 21
Jump Lists	p. 22
Taskbar Overlay Icons and Progress Bars	p. 25
Thumbnail Toolbars	p. 26
Live Window Thumbnails	p. 27
Backward Compatibility	p. 29
Integrating with the Windows 7 Taskbar	p. 30
Application ID	p. 30
Taskbar Progress Bars and Overlay Icons	p. 35
Summary	p. 40
Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features	p. 43
Jump Lists	p. 43
Anatomy of a Jump List	p. 44
Recent and Frequent Destinations	p. 45
Custom Destinations	p. 49
User Tasks	p. 53
Thumbnail Toolbars	p. 56
Customizing Thumbnails	p. 59
Thumbnail Clipping	p. 61
Custom Thumbnails	p. 62
Custom Live Previews	p. 65
Window Switchers	p. 66
Summary	p. 71
Organize My Data: Libraries in Windows 7	p. 73
Windows Explorer	p. 73
Changes Made to Windows Explorer in Windows 7	p. 75
Welcome to Libraries	p. 77
Libraries under the Hood	p. 79
Working with Libraries	p. 84
Summary	p. 100
Touch Me Now: An Introduction to Multitouch Programming	p. 101
Multitouch in Windows 7	p. 101
Windows 7 Multitouch Programming Models	p. 104
The Good Model: Supporting Legacy Applications	p. 104
The Better Model: Enhancing the Touch Experience	p. 105
The Best Model: Experience Optimized for Multitouch	p. 106
How Multitouch Works in Windows 7	p. 106
Architecture Overview: Messages Data Flow	p. 107
Supporting Legacy Applications	p. 108
Working with Gestures	p. 110
Handling the WM.GESTURE Message	p. 111
Use the Pan Gesture to Move an Object	p. 113
Use the Zoom Gesture to Scale an Object	p. 115
Use the Rotate Gesture to Turn an Object	p. 117
Use a Two-Finger Tap to Mimic a Mouse Click	p. 119
Use the Press-and-Tap Gesture to Mimic a Mouse Right-Click	p. 121
Configuring Windows 7 Gestures	p. 121
Summary	p. 124
Touch Me Now: Advanced Multitouch Programming	p. 127
Working with Raw Touch Messages	p. 127
Setting Up Windows for Touch	p. 128
Unpacking WMJOUCH Messages	p. 129
Using the Manipulation and Inertia Engines	p. 135
Multitouch Architecture: The Complete Picture, Part 1	p. 136
Using Manipulation	p. 138
Using Inertia	p. 144
Multitouch Architecture: The Complete Picture, Part 2	p. 145
Summary	p. 151
Building Multitouch Applications in Managed Code	p. 153
Building Your First Touch-Sensitive Application	p. 153
Using Windows 7 Touch to Move an Object	p. 155
Using Windows 7 Touch to Scale an Object	p. 158
Using Windows 7 Touch to Rotate an Object	p. 160
Using Inertia with Gestures	p. 161
Extending for Multiple Objects	p. 164
Building a Gesture-Enabled Picture Control	p. 165
Using the Gesture-Enabled Picture Control	p. 168
Classes to Support Touch and Gestures	p. 170
UlElement Additions	p. 171
Summary	p. 172
Using Windows 7 Touch with Silverlight	p. 173
Introducing Silverlight	p. 173
Creating Your First Silverlight Application	p. 176
Building Out-of-Browser Applications in Silverlight	p. 179
Using the Silverlight InkPresenter Control	p. 183
An Example of Ink Annotation in Silverlight	p. 184
Silverlight Ink Classes for JavaScript Programmers	p. 185
Programming for Ink in Silverlight	p. 189
Using the Touch APIs in Silverlight	p. 195
Expanding the Application for Multitouch	p. 196
Summary	p. 200
Introduction to the Sensor and Location Platform	p. 201
Why Sensors?	p. 201
A Word on Security	p. 203
Architecture of the Sensor and Location Platform	p. 204
What Is a Sensor?	p. 205
Working with Sensors	p. 207
Integrating Sensors into Your Application	p. 207
Discovering Sensors	p. 207
Requesting Sensor Permissions	p. 213
Interacting with Sensors	p. 218
Reading Sensor Data Using Managed Code	p. 227
Ambient Light Sensor Application	p. 230
Summary	p. 232
Tell Me Where I Am: Location-Aware Applications	p. 233
Why Location Awareness Is So Important	p. 233
Location Platform Architecture	p. 234
Location Devices Are Regular Windows 7 Sensors	p. 237
Location Information Is Sensitive Information	p. 238
Working with the Location API	p. 239
Understanding How the Location API Works	p. 239
Requesting Location Permissions	p. 242
Interacting with the Location interface	p. 244
Putting It All Together	p. 254
Writing a Location-Aware Application Using .NET	p. 255
Reading Location Reports and Handling Location Events	p. 257
Using the Enhanced Default Location Provider Tool for Testing	p. 259
Summary	p. 260
Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 1	p. 263
History	p. 263
Using the Ribbon	p. 267
Programming with the Windows Ribbon Framework	p. 273
Ribbon Markup	p. 275
Summary	p. 307
Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 2	p. 309
Programming the Ribbon	p. 309
The Minimal Ribbon Revisited	p. 310
Initialization Phase	p. 316
Handling Ribbon Callbacks	p. 318
The Property System	p. 320
Setting Properties Directly or Indirectly	p. 322
Controlling Controls	p. 325
Setting Application Mode, and Showing Contextual Tabs and Pop-Ups	p. 347
Summary	p. 353
Rediscover the Fundamentals: It's All About Performance	p. 355
Instrumentation and Diagnostics	p. 356
Performance Counters	p. 356
Windows Management Instrumentation	p. 362
Event Tracing for Windows	p. 365
Windows Performance Toolkit	p. 365
Troubleshooting Platform	p. 369
Performance and Efficiency	p. 371
Background Services and Trigger Start Services	p. 372
Power Management	p. 378
Summary	p. 382
Index	p. 383
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