Developing For Windows Vista

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From new application types, to new OS-supported security, logging, and service-hosting features, explore Vista’s bounty in a Special Report. You can find the special report at:

http://www.devx.com/VistaSpecialReport/Door/33840

If you want to dive right into a specific title within the special report, you have the following options:

		Fast and Flexible Logging with Vista’s Common Log File System Microsoft’s Common Log File System is an OS-supported logging framework that provides all the logging capabilities you need&—and it’s available via managed code and your favorite .NET language.
		A Programmer’s Exploration of Vista’s User Account Control Vista’s User Account Control (UAC) improves security, but making it work smoothly requires a little more developer work. Find out what you need to know to code Vista UAC-aware applications.
		Hosting WCF Services in Windows Activation Service You’re probably used to hosting WCF services with IIS, but Vista and IIS 7 provide a much more powerful and lighter-weight option that supports additional protocols besides HTTP.
		Driving Sidebar Gadgets with ActiveX and C# Although simple Sidebar gadgets are “DHTML applets” with limited functionality, you can enhance them using .NET components exposed as ActiveX controls through COM Interop.
		Windows Vista SideShow Gadgets: Little Apps, Big Impact Vista’s SideShow feature supports auxiliary screen devices that can run applications even when the main computer is turned off, letting users read news, play games, or check their email without powering up the main computer.
		Find Anything with Vista’s Windows Desktop Search Lose your dependency on third-party search engines by integrating your applications with Vista’s Windows Desktop Search.
		Turbocharge Vista Sidebar Gadget Development with PowerGadgets PowerGadgets promises to put system and application monitoring at non-coding IT professionals’ fingertips.
		Control Your Feeds with Windows Vista’s New RSS Platform By adding OS-level support for RSS in Vista and making that support available to .NET developers, Microsoft has provided an easy way to build completely new classes of applications with little additional effort.