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What is Open Metadata?

Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:01 PM by marcmill
In Windows Vista, you'll be able to register property handlers on your own file types. This is in fact what my PDC Talk was all about. These property handlers are used to expose your file's contents to other parts of the system. They use a standard schema Read More...
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Customize the Windows Vista Start Menu Search Box

Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:19 PM by marcmill
Internet Explorer has this feature that lets you add search commands to the address bar. For example, with some registry hacks you can make it so that typing "imdb Lord of the Rings" will do an IMDB search. The registry schema is described in more detail Read More...
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PIDL Me This: The Explorer Storage Architecture

Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:22 PM by marcmill
I'd like as a baseline to briefly discuss some of the high-level concepts of the shell storage architecture. This topic is discussed in greater detail elsewhere (here too), but I'm going use more modern terminology and paint only a conceptual and perhaps more idealistic picture than actually exists. Read More...
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Custom Schema on the PDC05 Handout Build

Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 6:43 PM by marcmill
The API for adding custom schema isn't supported yet on the builds handed out at the PDC. So, how was I able to demonstrate custom schemas in my PRS310 talk? I've had a request to make public how I was able to go about doing this in lieu of the schema Read More...
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PDC05 Takeaways on Programming Explorer

Posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:14 PM by marcmill
Flying back to Redmond, I jot down some of the key things I consistently heard from developers, in no particular order: "We want more/better command module extensibility." The term "command module" here refers to that toolbar that goes across the top Read More...
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How do I do that with my file types?

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:10 AM by marcmill
In his PDC keynote demo, Chris Capossela showed off some of Windows Vista's exciting new features for managing the ever-growing sets of data that people will have with PC's moving forward. He showed visualization features like thumbnails, search features Read More...
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Learn More about Programming Windows Vista Search & Organize on Channel 9

Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:20 PM by marcmill
A couple of weeks ago, a couple of my colleagues and I sat down with Robert Scoble and Catherine Heller to talk about Programming Windows Vista Search and Organize. That interview was posted this morning and you can find it here . Read More...
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Indexer Internals: What is the System Schema?

Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:41 PM by marcmill
When considering whether to extend the system schema, you should consider whether your extensions are actually necessary given the hundreds of properties that already ship with Windows Vista. You can view the schema as the indexer understands it by looking Read More...
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Come to PRS310

Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 12:56 AM by marcmill
In my PDC 2005 talk, PRS310, I'll be discussing ways developers can expose their data sources to the Windows Vista Explorer so they can participate in the full storage user experience: searching, stacking, property viewing and editing, "live icon" thumbnails, Read More...
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