Does anybody know how to customize the Windows Jump-List feature related to my own application in C#? I know it can be done, but I cannot find anything C#/Windows7 related on MSDN yet. The only info related to W7 and C# I can find so far is just compatibility junk which I've already read.
Thanks all
Baeltazor
You can do this with the Windows API Code Pack
There is a sample in Samples\Shell\TaskbarDemo\CS which shows you how to customise the Jump List and icon.
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Ok, I have a question to which, despite my best efforts, I have not been able to solve. I searched the internet, and this is one of those that is particularly difficult to search for, but it seems that no user of Windows 8.1 nor any developers developing for Windows 8.1 has posted to any website asking how to do this (I could be wrong, of course).
What I am trying to do is make a Windows Store app targeting Windows 8.1, that takes advantage of multiple Windows. To see what I mean, open up metro ie, right click on a tab, and click "open in new window." This is also in the mail app, where you can open a single message in another window, which behaves like a separate app, and can be snapped like so. It's a new feature of the Windows 8.1 OS.
But I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it in C# and XAML. Does anyone know how? Thanks.
Alex
There are new APIs in Windows.UI.ViewManagement, namely the ApplicationViewSwitcher and ProjectionManager classes. The former is for working with multiple independent views that the user can arrange side by side on whatever monitors they have, which is what IE and Mail use; the latter is for working with multiple monitors.
See the Application Views sample along with the Projection sample for working both scenarios in code.
Might be bit late with my answer, nevertheless I had your similar apprehensions about the "Dismal Support Refs" for this subject, when I first began searching the topic. However I have been able to overcome this and use the feature in my apps. There are some good refs available; The Windows Dev Centre has a Quickstart ie "Quiskstart Creating Multiple Windows", a Good guide is the "MultipleViews" Sample, With the following providing additional support.
1) "Be two places at once using multiple windows" at
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2014/01/09/be-two-places-at-once-using-multiple-windows/#pBHiQtDSPFrCA7Gv.97
2) "MultipleViews for Windows 8.1 apps" (parts 1-3)
http://www.kraigbrockschmidt.com/2013/11/21/multiple-views-creating-view/
BQ at WATERVIEW
I've used Snoop, it is the brilliant tool for WPF. SilverlightSpy has similar functionality for Silverlight and WP7. Does anybody know about any similar tools for Windows 8 projects?
EDIT : I mean Windows Metro style applications on C#/XAML that run in Simulator or Local Machine.
From what I've heard (and according to these posts), there really isn't a good way to do that yet. Supposedly it's coming with the next version. Semi-functional way to debug bindings now.
I am working on creating a custom IFilter for windows for our application. I have downloaded the sample code from MS (Link to MSDN HELP) and followed the exact steps to test in the readme.txt and on windows 7 it never returns the search terms or ever hits a breakpoint. BUT I can get filtdump.exe to see the file. Has anyone got a working version of IFilter??
Thanks,
Jeff
windows 7 uses windows search which replaces windows desktop search. That example is for windows desktop search. They are not quite the same
A lot of built in Windows applications will have links to pages in the windows help. Is there any way I can create a linklabel that will open up a Windows Help dialog to a specific page?
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Hmm... well I was hoping on it being for all operating systems, but if I had to choose one over the other it would be Win7.
So: How do I access a specific page in Windows Help in windows 7?
Based on different Windows versions, there are different Windows Help. For example, the help system on Windows 7 behaves very differently than the one on Windows XP.
MSDN offered a primitive starting point http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663302%28v=VS.85%29.aspx. Maybe you can refine the question a bit more specific to get it resolved more quickly.
Anyone know of any good references for building applications for IE 8? I found this http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430228539 (but not yet released)
for example: I would like to build a simple toolbar app that records visited websites. That possible?
Or are they other suggestions on how to build this type of application?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753587%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
MSDN seems like the ideal source.