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How-to: In search of strmbase.lib

Several of the DirectShow samples in the Windows SDK require strmbase.lib, and quite a few developers have asked me where to find this file. It does not install to the default location with other libraries (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\lib). Read More...
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 4:10 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments

Deploying MMC 3.0 applications on pre-Vista OSes

The recently released Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 has 22 MMC 3.0 samples that install to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Samples\SysMgmt\MMC3.0 folder. If you’ve deployed an MMC 3.0 application to a computer Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 10:26 PM by KarinM | 2 Comments
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Migrating VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008

If you like to read the MSDN Forums like I do, you’ve probably seen quite a few questions about how to migrate Visual Studio 2005 packages to Visual Studio 2008. You may have even run into a few quirks yourself. Most of the time you can just follow a Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:34 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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Windows SDK Technical Articles

Did you know that you can access the Windows SDK documentation on MSDN, without installing the SDK? Yes, you can. Here are some of the topics: Overview of the Windows SDK Windows SDK in the MSDN Library What's New in the Windows SDK The Windows SDK introduces Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:38 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments

Corner Case: Managed Samples in SDK Docs Unavailable

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , released February, 2008, and the earlier Windows SDK for Windows Vista Update , released February, 2007. This issue occurs very rarely, but if you’ve experienced Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:10 AM by KarinM | 2 Comments

Cool Sample: Download MSDN Reader

Thanks to the new Code Gallery you can read development-focused content through the awesome NY Times Reader experience. The MSDN Reader provides offline caching/reading of MSDN Magazine articles, content annotation, and content sharing through an intuitive Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:23 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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Windows SDK Troubleshooting: my solution file won’t open

There’s lots of great new technology around and if you recently upgraded to Visual Studio 2008 you may have noticed a problem. Even with Visual Studio 2008 installed, you may have found that some of your Visual Studio solution files (.sln) don't open Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:06 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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StickyNotes Sample on MSDN Code Gallery

Pablo Galiano has created a wonderful sample that provides StickyNotes capabilities to Visual Studio 2008. With StickyNotes and Visual Studio 2008, you can save custom notes associated with a particular project for reminders as bugs to fix, features to Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 4:48 PM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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MSDN Code Gallery & the Windows SDK

The MSDN Code Gallery was launched today by Soma Somasegar . The developer community has made “more samples!” one of its top requests, and DevDiv is delivering. This new developer portal is a quick place to get (and share) code snippets, samples, sample Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:09 AM by KarinM | 1 Comments

How to: build from the Windows SDK command line

To build from the SDK command line: 1. Copy your application or sample to a working folder not under \Program Files. 2. Open the Windows SDK CMD shell (Start, All Programs, Windows SDK v6.1, SDK CMD Shell). 3. Navigate to directory where your sample/app Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 15, 2007 6:44 AM by KarinM | 2 Comments

Troubleshooting error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'atlbase.h'

If you’re building with the Windows SDK build environment or with a Visual Studio Express version and seeing error C1083: cannot open include file: ‘altbase.h’ (or winres.h, afxwin.h, afxres.h, atlconv.h) y ou probably need to buy and install a non-Express Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:16 AM by KarinM | 2 Comments

Troubleshooting: error PRJ0003: Error spawning 'bscmake.exe'

Are you seeing error PRJ0003 when building with Visual Studio Express Editions or the Windows SDK build environment? You probably need a non-Express version of Visual Studio’s Visual C++ development environment to successfully build your project. What’s Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:55 AM by KarinM | 2 Comments

Sample missing msime.h?

Some Windows SDK samples fail to build because the file msime.h is not found. Msime.h is not shipped with the Windows SDK. Msime.h is for use by developers when customizing applications for the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Affected samples: winui\Input\tsf\TSFApps\ImmPad-Interim Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 11:18 PM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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Some SDK samples require VS2005, not VS2008

Some unmanaged samples rely on mspbase.h, mtype.h, or mfc80ud.lib. These files are included with Visual Studio 2005 and do not ship with Visual Studio 2008. Require Mspbase.h: netds\Tapi\Tapi3\Cpp\Msp\MSPBase netds\Tapi\Tapi3\Cpp\Msp\Sample netds\Tapi\Tapi3\Cpp\pluggable Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 11:16 PM by KarinM | 1 Comments
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How to: Add 64-bit support to .vcproj files

Have you found a great sample in the Windows SDK but wish it could target 64-bit platforms? Not all of our samples have 64-bit support, but it’s quick and easy to configure the sample yourself using the project configurations available in the Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 2:57 AM by KarinM | 2 Comments
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