• + Cover

  Page 1

  • Copyright

    Page 3

• Table of Contents

  Page 6

• Foreword

  Page 12

• Introduction

  Page 14

• Chapter 1: Welcome to Windows 7

  Page 20

• Chapter 2: Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Basic Features

  Page 38

• Chapter 3: Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features

  Page 62

• Chapter 4: Organize My Data: Libraries in Windows 7

  Page 92

• Chapter 5: Touch Me Now: An Introduction to Multitouch Programming

  Page 120

• Chapter 6: Touch Me Now: Advanced Multitouch Programming

  Page 146

• Chapter 7: Building Multitouch Applications in Managed Code

  Page 172

• Chapter 8: Using Windows 7 Touch with Silverlight

  Page 192

• Chapter 9: Introduction to the Sensor and Location Platform

  Page 220

• Chapter 10: Tell Me Where I Am: Location-Aware Applications

  Page 252

• Chapter 11: Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 1

  Page 282

• Chapter 12: Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 2

  Page 328

• Chapter 13: Rediscover the Fundamentals: It's All About Performance

  Page 374

• Index

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• About the Authors

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Get your first look at Windows 7 and see how much more productive and efficient the development life cycle can be. Guided by three Windows programming experts, you'll examine new Windows 7 capabilities and get a head start exploiting them to build better user experiences and applications. Topics include multi-touch gesture support, graphics and video enhancements, the Ribbon user interface (including the difference between Windows 7 Ribbon and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Ribbon), federated search, the Libraries feature, Taskbar functionality, the new Windows Sensor and Location platform, and more.