Windows API Code Pack V1.1

     在以前的博文中关于Windows 7 开发的部分，使用的都是Windows API Code Pack V1.0.1 版本。今年8月微软发布了最新的V1.1 版本。Windows API Code Pack 提供了强大的代码库用于开发带有Windows 7 和Windows Vista 相关特性的应用程序。下面列出Windows API Code Pack V1.1 版本支持的所有特性。

功能特性

・ Windows 7 Taskbar

- Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars

・ Windows Shell

- Windows 7 Libraries
- Windows Shell Search API support
- Explorer Browser Control
- A hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities
- Windows Shell property system
- Drag and Drop for Shell Objects
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls
- Known Folders and non-file system containers
- Shell Object Watcher
- Shell Extensions API support

・ DirectX

- Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs

・ Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs

・ Sensor Platform APIs

・ Extended Linguistic Services APIs

・ Power Management APIs

・ Application Restart and Recovery APIs

・ Network List Manager APIs

・ Command Link control and System defined Shell icons

 

新更新内容

・ Many FxCop violations and PREfast warnings have been addressed

・ Bug fixes across various features and samples

- Includes many API improvements

・ New features

- Shell Object Watcher
- Preview Handler APIs
- Thumbnail Handler APIs

・ New samples for the new features

・ Visual Studio 2010 compliance

・ Initial xUnit test coverage

・ String localization

・ Signed assemblies

 

手册文档

在V1.1 中文档也增加了不少，可以方便开发者查找相关资料。

・ API References

- Windows API Code Pack Help.chm
- Windows API Code Pack DirectX Help.chm

・ API Changes since the previous release

- Windows API Code Pack API Changes.html

・ Overview of the release (including new features)

- Windows API Code Pack Release Notes.htm

 

官网地址：http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack