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Introducing Windows Vista Sidebar and developing a gadgetAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: You may read about Sidebar and gadgets on my blog here, here and here. Video Content: 00' - 08' Sidebar and gadget feature review 08' - 19' Building your first gadget from scratch 19' - 21' Other gadget APIs 21' - 22' … -
Windows Vista: Get the glass effect in your C# applicationsAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Intro: Windows Vista has a new aero theme that includes what we call the glass effect (powered by the Desktop Windows Manager). While the non-client area of all windows get glass for free, extending glass into the client area is something you have to… -
Managed Preview Handler Framework for Vista and OutlookAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: Preview handlers is a new technology in Windows Vista and in Outlook 2007. You can read about the managed preview handler framework on my blog here. Video download: Click on the image to play the video (from a streaming file). If you'd… -
Use WPF from Windows Forms projects in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: Windows Forms developers do not need to throw away their code and start from scratch in Windows Presentation Foundation, simply to get a stunning UI for a particular use case of their application. In this 17' video I demonstrate how to get started… -
Office Ribbon Customisation in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: Explore Ribbon customisation. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what… -
Build UAC aware apps with VS2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: User Account Control is the top compatibility hurdle for some applications moving to Windows Vista. It is relatively easy to comply with some elements of UAC (e.g. embedding a manifest in your app) and with Visual Studio 2008 it is even easier as I… -
Windows SideShow Gadgets in C#Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: Windows SideShow is an exciting new Vista technology that you can read about on my blog here and here. Managed application developers can learn about writing SideShow gadgets on my blog here, here and here. Video download: Click on the… -
LINQ's relationship to the new C#3 and VB9 featuresAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: The Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is the headline feature of the Visual Studio 2008 release. Most of LINQ is based on the new C#3 and VB9 language features. In this video, I demonstrate the association between the compiler features and… -
VS2008 designed for Vista with better aesthetics and usabilityAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: While we all love focusing on language and framework features, sometimes it is nice to get small aesthetic and usability enhancements. The Visual Studio 2008 IDE has plenty of those as you can see in this video. Related to that, VS2005 does the job… -
Overview of .NET Framework v3.5Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Introduction: There is much confusion about what .NET Framework 3.5 is and how it relates to v3.0 and v2.0. In this video I try to explain that and also show you the entire list of the new assemblies with a sentence or two on what each one contains and where they…
