How to Write a Windows Application with Hilo

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How to Write a Windows Application with Hilo

“Hilo” is a series of articles and sample applications that show how you can program for Windows 7 using Visual Studio 2010 and Visual C++. The end goal of this series is to enable developers to create high performance client applications that are responsive and attractive. Hilo provides both source code and the written guidance that will help you design and develop compelling, touch-enabled Windows applications of your own. If you want to read the documentation offline, download the whitepaper for Developing Hilo from the Hilo Code Gallery page.

A series of articles are now on MSDN that describe the design and implementation of a set of touch-enabled Windows applications that allow you to browse, select, and work with photos and images. The articles cover key Windows 7 technologies, describe how they are used together to create a compelling user experience, and detail the design and implementation of the applications themselves. You can find the Hilo articles on the MSDN page Hilo: Developing C++ Applications for Windows 7 and you can find the Hilo sample code on the Hilo Code Gallery page. The first article provides an overview of Hilo and describes the goals of the articles and sample applications in the series and the rest go into details of the design and coding practices used throughout the release.

The Hilo article series, along with the sample application source code, are intended to jumpstart your development and show you how to take advantage of key Windows capabilities in your own.

The following sections will describe the Hilo applications as they become available.

The Hilo Browser

This first release of Hilo contains the source code for the Hilo Browser application. This application implements an innovative carousel-style navigation user interface. It’s touch-enabled so you can quickly browse and select images using touch gestures. Download the source code for the Hilo browser.

Read the Hilo articles on MSDN to learn more about how to program for Windows with Hilo.

The Hilo Annotator

This Hilo sample applications allows you to browse, annotate, and share photographs and images.The latest Hilo source code release includes the Hilo Annotator application, which allows you to crop, rotate, and draw on the photographs you have selected. Download the source code for the Hilo Annotator sources.

The Hilo Annotator uses the Windows Ribbon Control to provide easy access to the various annotation functions, and the Windows Imaging Component to load and manipulate the images and their metadata.

Share Your Photos With Hilo

The Hilo sample applications allow you to browse, annotate, and share photographs and images. Previous articles in this series have described the design and implementation of the Hilo Browser, which allows you to browse and select images using a touch-enabled user interface, and the Hilo Annotator, which allows you to crop, rotate, and draw on the photographs you have selected. Now, in the third release of Hilo, we've added support for sharing your photo via Flickr! You can download the source code for the Hilo applications from here.

We've also added support for Windows 7 taskbar and jump lists!

Read the Hilo articles on MSDN to learn more about how to program for Windows with Hilo.

See Also

• Learn to Program for Windows in C++
• Start Developing with Windows 7
• Get the Windows SDK