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Windows 7 Sensor and Location - Developing Drivers Part 2

Yochay Kiriaty — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:56:00 GMT

The Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment and provide location base services and application. But sensors are external or logical devices that require a driver to connect to Windows 7. Join Gavin Gear, product team PM, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, as we dive deep into the Windows 7 Sensor and Location driver architecture, learning the different about its different components and how to build one.

This is part 2 and here is the link to part 1.

Additional videos in this series:

In the Windows 7 Developer Training Kit, you can find three labs about Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform.

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

www.microsoft.com/whdc/sensors
Send email with any questions to - sensext@microsoft.com
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Windows 7 Sensor and Location - Developing Drivers Part 1

Yochay Kiriaty — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Additional videos in this series:

www.microsoft.com/whdc/sensors
Send email with any questions to - sensext@microsoft.com
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Windows 7 Sensor and Location - Deep Dive into Location

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. Previously, we introduced the Windows 7 Location Platform Overview; in this video, we take a deep dive into the Location Platform architecture and APIs. Join Alec Berntson and Yochay Kiriaty as they explains why location gets a special set of APIs and what makes the Location Platform such an amazing platform for developers.

In the Windows 7 Developer Kit you can find Hands On Labs and additional content on Windows 7 Sensor and Location.

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Windows Animation - Advanced Topics

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Smooth animations are fundamental to many graphical UI applications. Windows 7 introduces a native animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of animations. The animation framework supplies a library of useful mathematical functions for specifying behavior over time and lets developers provide their own behavior functions. The framework supports sophisticated resolution of conflicts when multiple animations attempt to manipulate the same value simultaneously. An application can specify that one animation must be completed before another can begin and can force completion within a set time. The new framework also helps animations determine appropriate durations.

You are welcome to join the Paul(s), both Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea, as they dive deep (real deep) in to some of the advanced topics of the Windows Animation Manager.

This is the third video in a series of videos about the Windows Animation Manager. The first two videos are: Windows Scenic Animation Overview, Windows Animation – Advanced Features.

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform – Deep Dive

Yochay Kiriaty — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:11:00 GMT

The Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors -- including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology -- your applications and gadgets can know exactly where they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality. Join Gavin Gear, product team PM, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, as we jump deep into the Platform, reviewing the APIs and explain how to write application that takes advantage of Windows 7 Sensor platform.

Additional videos in this series:

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

www.microsoft.com/whdc/sensors
Send email with any questions to - sensext@microsoft.com
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Windows 7 Graphics – High DPI

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT

High DPI is not new to Windows; however in Windows 7 we made few changes that developers should be aware of. The goal is to encourage end users to set their displays to native resolution and use DPI rather than screen resolution to change the size of displayed text and images. Windows 7 can auto-detect and configure a default DPI on clean installs on machines configured by their OEMs using DPI settings. Join Silvana Moncayo and Matthew Blackshaw, PM in the graphics team and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, on a discussion on Windows 7 High DPI.

This is another video in a sereis of Windows 7 Grahics videos on Channel 9

Windows 7 Graphics - WIC

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:05:00 GMT

Windows 7 includes many new updates and improvements to the Graphics stack, including a new set of APIs for 2D graphics and writing text. Among them are a major reduction in memory consumption by the DWM and new more efficient ways to combine the available APIs. Join Varun Bhartia, Program Manager, and Robert Wlodarczyk, Senior Test Lead, as they dive deep into the Windows Imaging Component also known as WIC.

In Windows Vista, the Windows Imaging Component introduced an extensible framework for working with images and image metadata. The image formats supported by the Windows Imaging Component include JPEG, PNG, and TIFF, and the supported metadata formats include XMP and EXIF. With Windows 7, Windows Imaging Component broadens its standards compliance by providing support for progressive image decoding, expanded PNG features, GIF metadata, and metadata that spans APPn segments.

This is another video in a series of Windows 7 Graphics videos:

· Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 1

· Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 2

· Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 3

You can find additional information about Windows 7 Graphics in the:

· Developer for Windows MSDN page

· E7 blog post Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance

· PDC session recordings:

· Windows 7: Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware (PDC)

· Windows 7: Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite (PDC)

· Windows 7: Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D

Windows 7 Location Platform Overview

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:19:00 GMT

The Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. Previously, we introduced the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform; in this video, we focus only on the Location part of the Platform. Join Alec Berntson and Yochay Kiriaty as they explains why location gets a special set of APIs and what makes the Location Platform such an amazing platform for developers.

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Overview

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:20:00 GMT

The Windows Sensor and Location platform, new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors -- including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology -- your applications and gadgets can know exactly where they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality. Join Dan Polivy, Gavin Gear, product team PMs, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, as they explain what the Windows 7 Sensor and Location platform is, what underlying architecture supports its functionality, and how developers can take advantage of this new and exciting platform. We will see some very cool demos and set the stage for future videos in this series about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform.

Additional videos in this series:

· Windows 7 Location Platform Overview

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform in the:

Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform Developer Center on MSDN
Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform series of posts
PDC session recording - Windows 7: The Sensor and Location Platform: Building Context-Aware Applications

Inside Windows 7: Animation Manager Deep Dive and Tutorial

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT

Watch Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea as they explain the programming model of the Windows Animation Manager and walk though some code demos that showcase the power of the Animation platform.

This is the second video in a series of videos about the Windows Animation Manager. The first video was Windows Scenic Animation Overview. Since then, we dropped “Scenic” from the name.

Programming Windows 7 Multi Touch - Part 2

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:23:00 GMT

In the Windows 7 Multi-Touch Overview video we talked about the basic multi-touch functionality in Windows 7 and a little bit about the “Good, Better, and Best” programming model. In this video, we focus on Windows 7 multi-touch programming model. Join Reed Townsend and Ian Mendiola as they cover how to configure and work with multi-touch gestures, how to work with raw multi-touch messages, and what the manipulation and inertia processes are and how to work with them.

This is another video in the Windows 7 multi touch series, which includes:

Programming Windows 7 Multi Touch – Part 1

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:23:00 GMT

This is another video in the Windows 7 multi touch series, which includes:

Windows 7 Multi Touch Overview

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:22:00 GMT

We have added multi-touch capabilities to Windows 7 that provide support for both Windows 7 and applications--even those applications that were not developed specifically to support multi-touch. As developers, we have the opportunity to opt into multi-touch in Windows 7 and provide additional functionality to our end users, enhancing their user experience.

Join Reed Townsend and Yochay Kiriaty as they explorer multi-touch in Windows 7. They will cover basic out of the box support for legacy applications, as well as for applications optimized for multi-touch, and explain the “Good, Better, and Best” programming model.

This is the first video in the Windows 7 Multi-Touch series, which includes:

Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features

Yochay Kiriaty — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:36:00 GMT

This is yet another video in the Windows 7 Taskbar series. This video focuses on the advanced functionalities that the Windows 7 Taskbar offers, such as Thumbnail Overview, AeroPeek, overriding the default Thumbnail icon, and surfacing tabs and documents from a Multi Tab or Documents Interface (such as IE8). Join Ben Betz and Robert Jarrett as they dive deep into the Taskbar API to explain exactly how to integrate your applications with the Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail and AeroPeek functionality.

This is another video in the Windows 7 Taskbar series, which includes:

Windows 7 Taskbar: Incorporating Your Beta Feedback into RC

Yochay Kiriaty — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows. We first introduced Windows 7 Taskbar during PDC 2008 and it was available for user to try in the Windows 7 Beta release. We received a lot of great feedback from you about Windows 7 beta. Now you are welcome to join Ben Betz and Robert Jarrett in this video as they cover a few changes we made to Taskbar functionality in order to incorporate your feedback.

You can find additional information about the Windows 7 RC updates in the following E7 blog posts:

Some Changes Since Beta for the RC
A few more changes from Beta to RC…
This is another video in the Windows 7 Taskbar series that includes:
The Windows 7 Taskbar Overview

Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 2

Yochay Kiriaty — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:36:00 GMT

Windows 7 includes many new updates and improvements to the Graphics stack, including a new set of APIs for 2D graphics and writing text. Among the improvements are a major reduction in memory consumption by the DWM and new more efficient ways to combine the different available APIs. Join David Blythe, a senior architect in the Desktop and Graphics team, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist for a quick tour of Windows 7 Graphics architecture, its different components, and how they affect and improve the user experience in Windows 7. Discover what’s new in Windows 7 Graphics and how developer can tap into the new APIs.

This is the second of three overview videos and the first in a long series of videos about Windows 7 Graphics.

You can find additional information about Windows 7 Graphics in the:

· Developer for Windows MSDN page

· E7 blog post Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance

· PDC session recordings:

· Windows 7: Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware (PDC)

· Windows 7: Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite (PDC)

· Windows 7: Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D

Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 3

Yochay Kiriaty — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:34:00 GMT

This is the first of three overview videos and the first in a long series of videos about Windows 7 Graphics.

You can find additional information about Windows 7 Graphics in the:

· Developer for Windows MSDN page

· E7 blog post Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance

· PDC session recordings:

· Windows 7: Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware (PDC)

· Windows 7: Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite (PDC)

· Windows 7: Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D

Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 1

Yochay Kiriaty — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:33:00 GMT

Windows 7 includes many new updates and improvements to the Graphics stack, including a new set of APIs for 2D graphics and writing text. Among the improvements are a major reduction in memory consumption by the DWM and new more efficient ways to combine the different available APIs. Join David Blythe, a senior architect in the Desktop and Graphics team, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist for a quick tour of Windows 7 Graphics architecture, its different components, and how they affect and improve the user experience in Windows 7. Discover what’s new in Windows 7 Graphics and how developer can tap into the new APIs.

This is the first of three overview videos and the first in a long series of videos about Windows 7 Graphics.

You can find additional information about Windows 7 Graphics in the:

Developer for Windows MSDN page
E7 blog post Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance
PDC session recordings:

Windows 7 Ribbon Deep Dive

Yochay Kiriaty — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:28:00 GMT

Windows 7 adopts the successful Office 2007 Ribbon user interface concept. The Windows 7 Ribbon command infrastructure enables developers to quickly and easily create rich ribbon experiences in their applications.

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Ribbon product team members Ryan Demopoulos, and Sebastian Poulose as we take a deep dive into the Windows 7 Ribbon API and programming module, focusing on advanced topics such as dynamic galleries.

This Deep dive in to Windows 7 Ribbon is one of a series of Channel 9 videos about the Windows 7 Ribbon:

1. This Windows 7 Ribbon Overview

2. Windows 7 Ribbon Markup Overview

3. Deep dive in to Windows 7 Ribbon

For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

You can always watch the Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon: The next generation user experience for presenting Commands in Windows PDC session if you missed the live session.

Windows Web Services

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:41:00 GMT

With Windows Web Services, you can create applications that communicate easily with a local computer or a remote Web service. Windows Web Services is a native-code implementation of SOAP and provides core network communication by supporting a broad set of the Web services (WS) family of protocols. Windows Web Services is a peer to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF – managed-code Web services), and provides a high-performance subset of WCF functionality.

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Web Services API PM Nikola Dudar as we explain the Windows native Web Services APIs, and why Microsoft created a new set of Web Services APIs when we have WCF. For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

You can always watch the Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code PDC session in case you missed the live session

Windows Scenic Animation Overview

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Smooth animations are fundamental to many graphical UI applications, and Windows 7 introduces a native animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of animations. The animation framework supplies a library of useful mathematical functions for specifying behavior over time and also lets developers provide their own behavior functions. The framework supports sophisticated resolution of conflicts when multiple animations attempt to manipulate the same value simultaneously. An application can specify that one animation must be completed before another can begin and can force completion within a set time. The new framework also helps animations determine appropriate durations

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Ribbon Scenic Animation product team members Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea as we explain Windows Scenic Animation, why we need it, and which components of Windows use this amazing technology. Paul also has few cool demos that show the real power of this technology.

For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

Windows 7 Ribbon Markup Overview

Yochay Kiriaty — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Ribbon product team members Shawn Van Ness, and Sebastian Poulose as we present the new Windows 7 Ribbon XML Markup syntax. The Windows 7 Ribbon layout is defined by XML that is very similar to WPF XAML; it is a major piece of the Windows Ribbon architect. In this video we will view how the Windows Ribbon works, and explore the different XML and layout options that are built into the Windows Ribbon.

This Windows 7 Ribbon Markup Overview [link] is one of a series of Channel 9 videos about the Windows 7 Ribbon.:

1. This Windows 7 Ribbon Overview

2. Windows 7 Ribbon Markup Overview

3. Deep dive in to Windows 7 Ribbon

For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

You can always watch the Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon: The next generation user experience for presenting Commands in Windows PDC session if you missed the live session.

For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

You can always watch the Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon: The next generation user experience for presenting Commands in Windows PDC session if you missed the live session.

Jump into the Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:31:00 GMT

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team developers Robert Jarrett and Ben Betz as we take a deep dive into the Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists. You can think of a Jump List as your own mini Start Menu for your application, giving you some control over its appearance and functionality. We will explore the COM interface and APIs used to customize Jump Lists and we will talk about the importance of application ID for Jump Lists.

Jump in to Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists is one video of a series of Channel 9 videos on Windows 7 Taskbar. Other videos include:

1. Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar

2. Windows 7 Taskbar Behind the Scenes

3. Jump in to Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

4. Windows 7 Taskbar Overview

For more technical information on the Windows 7 Taskbar, read the Windows 7 Taskbar Part 1 – The Basics. And for more technical content on Windows 7, along with a few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.

If you missed the PDC sessions on the Windows 7 Taskbar, you can always watch their videos: Welcome to Windows 7 Taskbar and Integrate with Windows 7 Taskbar – but I know you already saw them few times. ;)

Windows 7 Taskbar - Behind the Scenes

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team developers Robert Jarrett and Ben Betz as we talk about the three parts of the Taskbar. Rob will describe the architecture driving some of the new Taskbar features such as custom switchers and Jump Lists and we will address the important topic of Application ID.

Windows 7 Taskbar Behind the Scenes is one video of a series of Channel 9 videos on Windows 7 Taskbar. Other videos include:

1. Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar

2. Windows 7 Taskbar Behind the Scenes

3. Jump in to Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

4. Windows 7 Taskbar Overview

Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar

Yochay Kiriaty — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team designer Stephan Hoefnagels as we present the evolution of the Windows 7 Taskbar through the different design iteration cycles, and of course, we will see the famous “Bat Signal.”

Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar is one of a series of Channel 9 videos about the new Windows 7 Taskbar. Other videos include:

1. Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar

2. Windows 7 Taskbar Behind the Scenes

3. Jump in to Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

4. Windows 7 Taskbar Overview