14 DAY TRIAL // The evolution of the software development kit for the next iteration of the Windows client in parallel with the operating system itself saw the introduction or modification of over 1,200 samples just between the Release Candidate and the RTM milestones. Just as is the case for Windows 7, the Windows SDK for the successor of Windows Vista is not finalized yet. Still, starting this month, Microsoft has been providing a constant stream of updates describing the new and refreshed Win32 samples for the SDK. The latest examples involve Windows Base and Web.
The New/updated Windows Base samples in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 “pertain to Windows Base technologies, and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. This includes technologies such as Boot Configuration, Debugging, Device Foundation, Eventing, File Server Resource Manager (FSRM), iSCSI Software Initiator, IO, Monitor Services, Performance Counters, Registry, Services, Storage, Troubleshooting, Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Windows Error Reporting, and more,” revealed Karin Meier-Magruder, program manager for Samples Windows SDK Team.
The Windows SDK blog has an exhaustive list of all the modified or newly introduced Win32 samples for the Windows 7 SDK. Additional updates have impacted: Tablet PC and MultiTouch, Open Packaging Conventions (OPC), Systems Management, Security, Multimedia, Networking and Related Services. Microsoft informed that while it added new samples, it also extended existing ones, and simplified others. The software giant indicated that Windows 7 would be released to manufacturing in the second half of July 2009, a deadline that would bring with it the RTM of the Windows SDK accompanying the platform.
New/updated Web development samples in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 “pertain to Web development, and are new to Windows 7 or updated to support Windows 7. Technologies illustrated include WinHTTP, Windows Internet (WinInet), Web Services on Devices (WSDAPI), and Web Services with the Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI),” Meier-Magruder added.