Developing for Windows Vista using Visual Studio 2005
by Cory Smith
Sun, Apr 01, 2007
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There's more to Windows Vista than Glass and Sidebar. Learn what Vista has to offer you as the developer, what you can take advantage of to enhance your customers user experience and how you leverage many of these new features using the tools you have today. This presentation is more about the features in Windows Vista, how you can leverage them and how you can interact with them using interoperability; as many of the new features in Vista are not .NET native (such as Aero/DWM, Windows Experience Index information, etc.). Some examples show how to "skin" the .NET 2.0 TreeView control to look and feel like the Vista Explorer / Windows Mail applications and modify the behavior of a WinForms menu to show and hide similar to Windows Vista counterparts.
About the Author
Cory Smith is the founder of XboxFriends.com, maintains a .NET related blog at AddressOf.com and is very active in the .NET community. His community involvement includes: Vice President of the Fort Worth .NET Users Group, VBInsider Member, Microsoft MVP, and member of the South Central District Developer Guidance Council. A veteran developer (professionally writing software for over 15 years) working on projects ranging anywhere from major e-commerce sites such as RadioShack.com and InterstateBatteries.com to applications that are at the heart and soul of over 4600 radio stations around the world. His work history includes working for Tandy/RadioShack, Rare Medium, Inc., Electric Works Corp., Scott Studios Corp. and Shiny Stone Digital.