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  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 10 (final part) – JumpLists.

    One of the major features of the task panel of Windows 7 are Jump Lists. Jump lists are displayed if to select an application icon in the task panel and to press the right button of the mouse. If the application uses functionality of JumpLists, then except standard actions (pin, close) there will be...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Mon, Jun 1 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 9 – PeekBitmap.

    Earlier I wrote about possibility of the task panel of Windows 7 to change preview for a window. We said that in preview it is possible to display both a window part, and own image. At Windows 7 there is such pleasant feature, that if we will hover the mouse cursor on preview windows all other windows...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Fri, May 29 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Upgrading to Windows 7 – the All Programs fix

    For any move to a newer Windows operating system, you’re are going to want to do a clean installation and then migrate your files and apps.  That’s the recommendation. However, some may be inclined to just do an in-place upgrade.  It happens. I did an in-place upgrade yesterday from Windows...
    Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, May 28 2009
    Filed under: Windows, Windows Vista, Windows 7

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 8 – IconicThumbnail.

    Recently I have told about how it is possible to influence on preview windows in the task panel of Windows 7. We displayed only that part of a window which is most important for the user in that time. Nevertheless in certain situations be much more useful displaying of other picture (an application state...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Wed, May 27 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Capturing the imagination..

    I have mentioned the need for a killer application which will revitalize Windows. Well, back in 1992, there was just such an animal, and it was one of the first Windows programs which captured the imagination of home computer users. I am talking about a personal information manager made by a small British...
    Posted to Mike's Window (Weblog) by Mike Hall on Tue, May 26 2009
    Filed under: software, Windows, General

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 7 – ThumbnailClip.

    As we already saw, Windows 7 possesses convenient functionality for display preview of windows of applications. It is possible to look the reduced representation of a window for few seconds at mouse hover at a window icon in the task panel. It is very convenient when at the user openly considerable quantity...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Tue, May 26 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 6 – AppId.

    Recently I wrote how it is possible to display tabs for child windows of our application. In this case we needed to display child windows of our application. For these purposes we used CustomWindowManager class. The same effect can achieve, if we start some copies of same our application. In this case...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Sun, May 24 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Software is the scapegoat..

    Some recent quotes I have seen.. “Too bad they won't offer those of us with Vista a free upgrade. I guess if I'd lived in the right time period, I'd have bought an Edsel, too.” “IT SAID WINDOWS XP 7 IS COMING MAYBE IN THE FALL. IT WONT BE SOON ENOUGH. VISTA JUST SUCKS, SORRY” “It's still...
    Posted to Mike's Window (Weblog) by Mike Hall on Fri, May 22 2009
    Filed under: Hardware, Windows

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 5 – CustomWindowsManager.

    We continue to study possibilities of the task panel in Windows 7. For certain all of you have paid attention that if the same application to start some times, Windows 7 will automatically group them in one button on the task panel. Besides at hover on a icon of this application the task panel will show...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Thu, May 21 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7

  • Windows 7 programming: Taskbar. Part 4 – Custom OverlayIcon.

    Earlier I wrote how it is possible to add a icon of a state for your application in the task panel of Windows 7. We considered static images for these purposes. I will remind, that for this purpose we used SetTaskbarOverlayIcon method in which parametres the reference on Icon is transferred. However...
    Posted to Sergey Zwezdin (Weblog) by Sergey Zwezdin on Tue, May 19 2009
    Filed under: Programming, Windows, Windows 7
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