Windows SideShow .NET Framework Components 1.0 (Beta)

Well, I’m very pleased to announce that the “Windows SideShow .NET Framework Components 1.0 (Beta)” is avialable as of today (January 18, 2007).

You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=06FA2ACE-A42D-4117-821C-BCE80786F1C4&displaylang=en

This is the managed API that I personally implemented for Microsoft to make it easy for managed developers to write SideShow gadget applications for Windows Vista.

I wrote about SideShow and this API in the January 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine. The article can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/SideShow/default.aspx

My API is being used to help produce Media Center remote controls such as these:

http://www.cepro.com/products/press/16727.html

http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/ricavisions-vista-mce-sideshow-remote-does-bluetooth-at-100-met/

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/hands-on-with-a-bunch-of-sideshow-remotes/