Just as Aero wizards enable a better user experience compared to traditional wizards, so task dialogs enable a better user experience compared to the age-old message box. Task dialogs however offer so much more than the lowly message box ever did with a long list of features and customizability. Along...

Aero wizards represent the evolution of the wizard interface first popularized by the Windows 95 family of operating systems. They provide a fresh new look to the common wizard interface and are designed to provide a more focused experience for users. In this first part of the Windows Vista for Developers...

Aero wizards represent the evolution of the wizard interface first popularized by the Windows 95 family of operating systems. They provide a fresh new look to the common wizard interface and are designed to provide a more focused experience for users. In this first part of the Windows Vista for Developers...

The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine featured an article I wrote about some new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Unfortunately due to the severe space constraints (due to print publication) the article was trimmed down and the sample code in particular was negatively affected to the point where...

The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine features my latest article where I talk about some of the new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Beyond WinFX: Transactions, Aero Wizards, And Task Dialogs In Windows Vista What comes to mind when you think about programming for Windows Vista? Odds are you...

Just as Aero wizards enable a better user experience compared to traditional wizards, so task dialogs enable a better user experience compared to the age-old message box. Task dialogs however offer so much more than the lowly message box ever did with a long list of features and customizability. Along...

Although Windows 95 (and Window NT 3.51) introduced Windows developers to non-rectangular windows, through the ability to set the window region for a given window using the SetWindowRgn function, this did not provide transparency since the window was still completely opaque and merely afforded the developer...

I thought I’d take a little break from Windows Vista and talk about its big brother Windows Server and specifically Windows Server Core. Server Core is a new flavor of the upcoming release of Windows Server (which shares a large part of its code base with Windows Vista), that is intended to be...

The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine featured an article I wrote about some new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Unfortunately due to the severe space constraints (due to print publication) the article was trimmed down and the sample code in particular was negatively affected to the point where...

Just as Aero wizards enable a better user experience compared to traditional wizards and task dialogs enable a better user experience compared to the age-old message box, so the new file dialogs provide a fresh new look and a welcome replacement for the aged GetOpenFileName and GetSaveFileName functions...