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WHS Dev Tip #15: Terminal Services

Did you know the Home Server Console uses the Remote Desktop Protocol/Terminal Services to bring the application to clients? Did you know that you can launch additional applications in the session? Terminal Services Before getting into what we can do... lets make sure we all understand what we are using...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-14-2008
WHS Dev Tip #14, ITabExtender, Part 4: Tab Status

Plenty of times we've seen the little status notifications at the bottom of the Home Server Console telling us who is logged in through the remote access web site or the status of the storage balancing: How would you like to put your own information there? With ITabExtender it is possible. A word...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-10-2008
WHS Dev Tip #14: ITabExtender, Part 3: Multiple-Tabs

Under the current tab model we are familiar with... the Home Server Console looks for a class named HomeServerTabExtender in a namespace based on the name of the assembly (ie HomeServerConsoleTab. MyTab .dll holds Microsoft.HomeServer.HomeServerConsoleTab. MyTab ) for information on the display of a...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-09-2008
WHS Dev Tip #14: ITabExtender, Part 2: Tab Refreshing

As easy as it is to create a tab for the Windows Home Server Console, something's are difficult. Needlessly so at times. Should a programmer want to know when their tab is being displayed they might watch for their Controls ParentChanged or reflect against the larger console for other ways. Shouldn't...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-08-2008
WHS Dev Tip #14: ITabExtender, Part 1: TabOrdinal

A little secret is buried away in the Windows Home Server Console, a secret so useful it should have been officially documented and made available to the coding public long ago (in the opinion of this humble blogger) with a couple of tweaks. This secret... ITabExtender (Microsoft.HomeServer.Extensibility...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-07-2008
WHS Developer Tip #13: MessageListBox

Q : How can I create my own list like what I see in the Home Server Console's Network Health dialog? A : Another one of the custom ListBox (like) controls exposed by Windows Home Server is the MessageListBox control, the very control that is used to display network health messages as well as the...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-31-2007
Indefinite WHS testing in VPC

In many homes this morning countless children screamed and yelled as they discovered Santa had visited and left them just what they'd asked for. What follows is something I learned a few weeks ago and that made me act similarly... only I was giggling like a school girl. This blog post last week was...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-25-2007
WHS Dev Tip #12: QButton, ConsoleToolBar, and LineBox

Q : What are some of the other Home Server Controls that I can take advantage of in my add-in? A : Three of the most commonly used controls are QButton, ConsoleToolBar and LineBox which individually behave virtually identical to existing controls, only draw themselves in a more Home Server-ish style...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-24-2007
WHS Developer Tip #11: FancyListView

Q : How can make a ListView that looks more like what I see in the Home Server Console with so many images and progress bars? A : Another one of the wonderful undocumented features of Windows Home Server is the FancyListView control (Microsoft.HomeServer.Controls, HomeServerControls.dll) that is used...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-18-2007
WHS Developer Tip #10: Home Server Controls

Did you know that most of the custom visual controls used in the Windows Home Server Console (with the exception of the graphs) are unofficially available for your use in your add-ins? In order to access them in the designer, simply add the controls to your Toolbox, to do so: Launch Visual Studio Open...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-17-2007

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