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• Building Your First TaskDialog (Part 3)

  Building Your First TaskDialog (Part 3) Jeff Miller - October 16, 2006 UPDATE: October 17, 2006 -- made a bunch of changes based on guidelines feedback from Everett McKay. Also made source code downloadable by request of Ales Holecek. Thanks to both of Read More... Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 2:51 PM by uisamurai | 11 Comments Filed under: API, Vista, API Vista Developers Coding

• Frequently asked questions about the Aero Basic window frame

  Several people here and elsewhere have been asking why the Aero Basic window frame looks like it does, and why it is different from the Aero frame (especially the caption buttons). I won't give the technical explanation for every single detail here Read More... Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:51 PM by lm [MSFT] | 35 Comments Filed under: Aero, Visual Styles, Themes, API, API Vista Developers Coding, Appearance, FnF, Feature Insight, Window frame, Caption, Aero Basic

• Common Questions Concerning the SHFileOperation API: Part 2

  Part 2: The most common mistakes in using SHFileOperation For my second installment, I thought it would be helpful to point out the most common coding mistakes I've seen with SHFileOperation. 1. Always double-null terminate your paths This is the Read More... Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:32 PM by chrdavis | 3 Comments Filed under: API, Coding, Developers, programming, API Vista Developers Coding

• Managing Defaults in Windows

  Welcome to the new Shell Blog!!! My name is Ed Averett. I am a program manager on the Windows Shell team. A lot has changed in Windows Vista with regards to defaults and file associations. Over time I will cover these in depth, but first I wanted to give Read More... Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 5:15 PM by edaver | 13 Comments Filed under: API Vista Developers Coding