Vista Office Launch Resources

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Thanks for attending the recent Vista and Office Launch.  Here are a bunch of resources, tips and links from my presentation.  They are listed in order of the presentation.

  • General event resources - includes .NET 3.0, .NETFx3 website, samples for download (Fabrikam, Feature Montage, Patient Monitoring, DinnerNow) + other downloads
  • List of live on Vista applications on Channel 9, and here's my favorite live application == the German e-commerce web site for Otto on Vista
  • Northface kiosk makes great use of one version of the Infragisitics WPF carousel controls
  • WPF - you can get the NYTimes reader for free, download it here
  • Woodgrove Finance - you can get it here
  • Accurent uses a well-designed XBAP application - here's a FAQ on XBAP
  • Use ZoomIt to improve the visibility of your presentations

From AllScripts Patient Monitoring - which can be downloaded

  • Vista Power Management open the solution in VS and look at PowerChecker.cs in AvalonPatientMonitoring.sln
  • WPF - Open Patient Monitoring in (downloadable) Blend Beta 2 look at AppWindow.xaml, watch video on Channel 9 2d on 3d, XPS info, read whitepaper

All of the items below are from the DinnerNow sample, which can be downloaded

  • AJAX - open Web.sln, look at OrderStatus.aspx - UpdatePanel control, more on AJAX, including tutorials
  • LINQ - open Data.sln, look at the files in the Contracts folder and for 'var=... ' SQL-like syntax in Queries.cs, more info on LINQ on MSDN - LINQ on MSDN
  • WCF - open Hosts.sln, look at Program.cs and app.config (open with WCF config tool), get WCF samples and tutorials
  • WPF - open Management.sln, look at GetWorkflow.cs, get WPF samples and tutorials
  • WF - open OrderProcessing.sln, look at ProcessRestaurantOrder.xoml, ProcessOrder.xoml, get WF samples and tutorials, build a custom WF Activity, play with the VirtualEarth interactive SDK
  • CardSpace - open Web.sln, look at CardSpaceControls folder - all files, particularly TokenProccessor.cs, for more on Cardspace (deep dive) watch on Channel 9, get Cardspace samples and tutorials
  • Gadget - save to desktop, open with notepad to examine code, how to build a gadget
  • IIS 7.0 handler - open IISHandler.sln, look at  open IIS MMC, look at Handler section, solution uses ImageCopyright Service (for .jpg), try out IIS 7.0 on Virtual Labs, also IIS 7.0 FAQ FAQ

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