HiLo: Hands-on drills for C ++ application development in Windows 7

HiLo: Windows 7 C ++ development platform throughs

"HiLo" consists of a seriesArticleExamplesCodeIt shows you how to release Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, and Visual C ++ to build high-performance, high-response rich clients.Program. HiLo providesSource codeAnd write instructions to help you design and develop eye-catching touch Windows applications.

In the next few weeks, we will publish a series of articles on msdn to show you how to design and implement a touch-based Windows application that allows you to browse, retrieve, and process images. These articles cover the core technologies of Windows 7 and describe how to integrate these technologies to create a great user experience, the Design and Implementation of the application will also be elaborated in detail. You can find the first article in this series. It gives a brief introduction to HiLo and describes the objectives of these articles and sample programs in this series.

Next we will gradually release the source code of Hilo. The first release of HiLo contains the source code of a HiLo browser program. This program implements an innovative carousel navigation interface. This is touch-based. You can use touch gestures to quickly browse and search. You can download the source code of this program here.

The HiLo article series, including the relevant source code, are used to help you quickly get started with the development of some technologies and show you how to leverage the advantages of Windows core technologies in your applications.

How to start

1. To compile and run the Hilo browser program, you need to install Visual Studio 2010 and Visual C ++. You can download the free visual c ++ 2010 Express version here.

2. After visual c ++ 2010 Express is installed, extract the source code of the Hilo browser program and double-click to open the Hilo. sln solution file.

3. Select to recompile the entire HiLo browser program from the compilation menu.

4. Press F5 to run the program in debug mode.