Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework

Latest version: 1.0
Added 2009-10-08

Provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features from managed code.
These Windows features are not available to developers today in the .NET Framework. It also provides access to some features of older versions of Windows operating systems.

Features include:
- Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars
- Windows 7 Libraries, Known Folders, non-file system containers
- Windows Shell Search API support, a hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities, and Drag and Drop functionality for Shell Objects
- Explorer Browser Control
- Shell property system
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs
- Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs
- 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.
- Shell Search API support

Built for .NET 2

Library

Free or free version available

Source code provided

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