For those looking to reap the benefit of new features provided by Windows 7 for your .Net applications? The latest Windows 7 Code Pack API (0.90) Code Pack has been released. More details and screen shots of its capabilities can be found here. The download can be found http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack.
What’s New in this update (v0.90):
The new features added in this update of code pack are:
- Tabbed Thumnail and Thumbnail Toolbar features in Taskbar area.
- Direct3D 10.1/10.0, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite and WIC APIs in the DirectX area
- Power Management
- Application Restart and Recovery
- Command Link
- System defined Shell icons
- Network List Manager APIs
Other enhancements done in this update are:
- Bug fixes in all areas.
- Many new and improved samples.
- Addition of VB.NET samples in some areas.
So for those aiming to release fancy UI code for Windows 7 when it finally reaches RTM it is definitely worth checking this out.
Gareth