Windows Developer Application Gallery   Featured Sample: "Hilo"   “Hilo” is a series of articles and sample applications that show how you can leverage the power of Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, and Visual C++ to build high performance, responsive rich client applications. Hilo provides both source code and the written guidance that will help you design and develop compelling, touch-enabled Windows applications of your own.   Get "Hilo" at Microsoft Code Gallery.

Books.Show Books.Show is a fully functional eBook reader sample application that works with books in the ePub format. The sample application integrates with Windows Touch and the Windows Taskbar. Learn more about the Books.Show sample

Client Drawing Effects with DirectWrite Demonstrates how to apply client drawing effects to a text layout by using a custom text renderer. In this example, a color drawing effect is applied. Download Client Drawing Effects with DirectWrite

Animation Manager Grid Layout Shows how to use Windows Animation, using Direct2D, to animate a grid of images. Download Animation Manager Grid Layout

Windows Ribbon Gallery Demonstrates the markup and code required to use the different types of Gallery controls included in the Windows Ribbon (Ribbon) framework. The sample includes code that can be used to dynamically populate items into the Galleries, and handle special Gallery previewing events that support results-oriented UI. Download Windows Ribbon Gallery

Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing in Direct 2D Compares Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) and Per-Primitive Anti-Aliasing (PPAA) techniques in different scenarios and demonstrates which technique is suited for which scenario. Download Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing in Direct 2D

Location Aware Navigation Using Windows 7 A Windows 7 Virtual Earth Navigation Application that uses Windows 7 Location Platform to retrieve user's location and enables her to see her location on the Virtual Earth Map. Download Location Aware Navigation Using Windows 7

Backup and Restore using Libraries Demonstrates how to enumerate libraries as containers. Libraries are the new storage paradigm for user files introduced in Windows 7. Download Backup and Restore using Libraries

Game Programming with Windows Touch And DirectX 10 Demonstrates how to integrate Windows Touch and Direct X 10 technology to create a touch-enabled 3D game. Download Game Programming with Windows Touch And DirectX 10

FlashCard The FlashCard sample Application is a game that helps you memorize categories of images, audio, websites, and text. Learn more about the FlashCard sample