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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Development Kit 

Brief Description
Documentation, sample code and templates, Windows XP Media Center Edition interface guidelines, and other resources for software development on the Media Center platform.

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File Name:Microsoft_Windows_XP_Media_Center_SDK.msi
Version:1.0
Date Published:10/11/2004
Language:English
Download Size:2.6 MB
Estimated Download Time: 7 min 56K

Overview

The Media Center SDK is designed to help developers create applications and software components that take advantage of features provided by Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The Media Center SDK enables developers to:

  • Create Media Center hosted HTML applications.

  • Create Media Center hosted add-ins using managed code.

  • Direct Media Center to schedule the recording of TV programs from hosted HTML applications, add-ins, and external Windows applications.

  • Create device drivers and other software components that receive status information about the state of Media Center.

  • Create an input method editor (IME) module that adds a localized version of the on-screen keyboard, keypad, and input method editor to Media Center.


    • Developers are encouraged to refer to the source code of the samples included with this SDK.

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    System Requirements

    • Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Media Center Edition


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