The Windows 7 SDK comes with several components, including tools, documentation, headers and libraries, and samples. In this series of blogs, I’ll go through a number of sample that particularly target the new features in Windows 7. I’ll talk about how to build and run them and what the requirements...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 introduce the new framework for building web services in C++ code. Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) supports the core set of protocols for SOAP-based web services. Developers can use WWSAPI in applications where they need to use native C/C++ code and they cannot...

This article describes how to set VC directory paths in Visual Studio 2008 to ensure that the most recent version of rpcsal.h is found. This article applies ONLY to users of DirectX SDK releases November 2008 and older. When using DirectX SDK (March 2009) or newer, the DirectX SDK should appear above...

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack1, some CRT files will revert back to RTM version. ( See this post for more information about this issue ) This can cause conflicts when you install patches or updates such...

Changes have been made to the Windows SDK build environment and how the SDK interacts with MSBUILD and Visual Studio 2008. This post applies to the RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 . What changed with the Windows SDK for Windows 7? The Windows SDK for Server...

This is the post number 11, the final article in a series that describes new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following is a new COM+ Spy sample that was updated to support Windows 7. See also: New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Networking and Related Services New...

This is post number 9 in a series that describes new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to Windows User Interface , and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. Technologies include Shell, Locations and Sensors, Sidebar, Sideshow, Windows...

This is post number 8 in a series that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to Windows Base technologies , and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. This includes technologies such as Boot Configuration, Debugging, Device...

This is the seventh in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to Web development , and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. Technologies illustrated include WinHTTP, Windows Internet (WinInet), Web...

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Tablet PC and MultiTouch This is the sixth in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to Tablet PC and MultiTouch , and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows...

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7: Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) This is the fifth in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to Open Packaging Conventions (OPC), and are new to Windows 7 or updated...

This is the fourth in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists systems management and scheduling samples, including Task Scheduler, Windows PowerShell, and Windows Remote Management (WinRM). See also: New Win32 Samples in Windows...

This is the third in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists Security samples, including Authorization, CryptoApi, Local Security Authority (LSA), Windows Firewall, and x509SecurityToken. See also: New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK...

This is the second in a series of posts that describe new and updated samples in the Windows 7 SDK. The following table lists samples that pertain to networking and related services, and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7, including the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI), Dynamic...

The upcoming release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 contains a comprehensive set of Win32 samples illustrating Windows 7 technologies. Over 1,200 samples were changed since the release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 RC release. Many “new to Win 7” samples were added, simplified...