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Windows 7 SDK Setup: common installation issues and fixes

I just posted a blog entry over the Windows SDK blog that gives an insight into several causes and solutions to fix Windows SDK for Windows 7 installation issues. You can read the full entry here .  Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:49 AM by NandaL | 0 Comments
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Released: Windows SDK For Windows7 and .Net Framework 3.5 sp1 is now available for Download

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now available for download in both ISO and Web Setup format.  Web setup allows you to install a specific subset of the SDK you select without having to download the entire Read More...
Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 11:14 AM by NandaL | 0 Comments
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Windows api Code Pack Aka. Windows Bridge v1.0 is now released

The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features (and some existing features of older versions of Windows operating system) from managed code. These Windows Read More...
Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 9:04 AM by NandaL | 0 Comments
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Windows Bridge A.K.A Windows API Code Pack v0.90 Now Live

The v0.90 release of Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework is now live on Code Gallery . Features added in this release are DirectX – D3D10.1/10.0, D2D 1.0, DirectWrite and Windows Imaging Component Taskbar – Tabbed Thumbnail and Thumbnail Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:29 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments

RELEASE: Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework (v0.85)

The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access new Windows 7 features (and some related Windows Vista features) from managed code. These features are not available to developers today Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:00 PM by NandaL | 3 Comments

Released: Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC

The Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: Release Candidate has been released in both ISO and Web Setup format.  Web setup allows you to install a specific subset of the SDK you select without having to download the entire SDK; whereas Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:30 AM by NandaL | 1 Comments

Windows 7 logo key - Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows logo key . Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu Windows logo key +Pause Display the System Properties dialog box Read More...
Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 11:03 AM by NandaL | 1 Comments

10 Interesting links for Developers Last Week

This post at Ctrl+F5 includes 10 links from all over the web last week that are interesting for Developers, more biased towards web developers. Read more on Ctrl+F5 here . Read More...
Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 10:52 AM by NandaL | 1 Comments

Uninstalling Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

Developers will not be able to uninstall Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 without having Install Sources available Web Setup: Users who installed using Websetup , will be able to Uninstall if they have network connection available. ISO Install: Users Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:31 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments
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Adding replay button to Expression Encoder 2 SP1 Silverlight 2.0 media templates

There are several other articles describing how to edit Silverlight 2.0 templates shipped with Expression encoder 2.0 SP1. These are some MSDN article explaining this here and here . I am assuming that you have already opened your Encoder media template Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:26 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments

RSS feeds in IE not updating after upgrade from Vista to Win7

I noticed that my RSS feeds in IE are no longer updating after upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 beta. Thanks for the very helpful blog entry “ Feeds not updating? ” by Walter vonKoch over the RSS team blog, I was able to fix the issue easily by running Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:05 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments

Using GlassWindow(WPF) and GlassForm(Win Forms) in Vista Bridge 1.4

For starters, The Vista Bridge Sample Library contains source code for assemblies that provide managed code developers access to Windows Vista features that are not available in the .NET Framework. Some of the features included in the Vista Bridge Sample Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:49 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments

Microsoft Web Application Installer

I recentrly came across this cool installer for web applications. The Web Application Installer is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications freely available for your Windows Server. more information @ http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebApplicationInstaller.asp Read More...
Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 2:00 PM by NandaL | 0 Comments

.NET Making Gains against Java, According to Survey

Five years in and counting, the battle still rages with no clear victor. However, according to a new survey, .NET appears to be widening its lead over Java EE..... More info @ http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10250 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:47 PM by NandaL | 1 Comments
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How to develop a readonly transparent Textbox control in Windows Forms

I saw several questions in MSDN forums asking for how to develop a transparent TextBox or RichTextBox control that is not only ReadOnly but also transparent and does not display a “caret” icon when clicked on it. He is some sample code that can get you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:41 PM by NandaL | 4 Comments
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