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XP Theme Support Add In 1 is described as an easy-to-use and beneficial code sample for the article Creating a Visual Studio .NET Add-In to Provide Windows XP Theme Support published on MSDN by Duncan Mackenzie.

Requirements: Windows XP

Represents a 3D RSS feed reader designed for Windows Vista Microsoft UniveRSS application represents a 3D RSS feed reader designed for Windows Vista.
Microsoft UniveRSS leverages the Windows Presentation Foundation and provides a stunning way of visualizing RSS feeds and their content.
It introduces a full-screen 3D universe where galaxies represent the folders of your RSS feed directory, and the stars are represented by the spinning cubes that hold the feed information. Size and position of the feed cubes indicate how many unread items they contain.
You navigate through the feed galaxies in a game-like environment, freely moving in all three dimensions. Selecting items in lists will turn the cube to the next side displaying the items content including images. Just click the right mouse buttons and you turn back to the list view or to the galaxy.
UniveRSS is a showcase application that demonstrates the use of several WPF features, 3D animations, data binding, and data visualization. Currently UniveRSS uses the RSS Feed Store managed through Internet Explorer 7. Later versions will allow you to manage the Feed Store from within the UniveRSS application.
Please note: We expect RSS feeds to become visually more appealing in the future. Today a lot of feeds dont provide any logo or feed picture yet. In such cases the cubes only display a generic feed icon. So make sure to use a list of feeds that provide logos to generate the best experience (e.g. most podcasts).
UniveRSS is an evolving showcase application which will continuously be developed and enhanced with new features. It will update itself through the ClickOnce deployment service. You will also find regular articles on the development and how tos from a developers perspective. Updates will be announced through the MSDN Flash newsletter. By registering for the Panel website you will receive updates via MSDN Flash.
Main features:
- alternative ways to navigate in UniveRSS
- further customization features and RSS feed management information
- advanced search and sorting possibilities
- more-advanced physical animation model
- integration of Live services
- additional layouts
System requirements:
- 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 GB of system memory
- Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum), Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.

API Monitor is a software that monitors and displays API calls made by applications. API Monitor is a software that monitors and displays API calls made by applications. Its a powerful tool for seeing how Windows and other applications work or tracking down problems that you have in your own applications.
API Monitor also includes useful Filters to monitor the following API Categories.
Since API Monitor is a User-Mode application, it can only monitor APIs called by User-Mode applications. APIs called by drivers will not be monitored. NT Services cannot be monitored using this version of API monitor
Main features:
- API Filter - APIs can be filtered based on their category. Only APIs from the selected categories will be monitored. All other APIs will be bypassed
- Process Filter - A process filter is used to select processes that are to be monitored. You can either specify an include process filter or an exclude process filter. The process filter can also be disabled, so that API Monitor will include all processes
- Detailed API Information
- Unicode and ANSI Support - Besides displaying the API called, API Monitor also displays information about the encoding used by the API. For Unicode APIs the character "W" is appended to the name of the API. For ANSI APIs the character "A" is appended to the API. For e.g. if an application calls the Unicode version of CreateFile, API Monitor displays CreateFileW. If the ANSI version is called instead, API Monitor displays CreateFileA.
- Message Log - When a capture is started, API Monitor displays the process name and process ID of each process it finds. It also displays information about whether the process is being monitored or not
- Error Code Lookup - API Monitor includes an Error Code lookup tool that can be used to get a description of an error, given the error code. It provides description for the following types of errors: Standard Win32 Network NTSTATUS - Windows NT Only Windows Sockets - Only English Messages
- IOCTL Decoder - A tool to decode IOCTL codes. It gives full information about the IOCTL, which includes the IOCTL Name, Device Type, Function Code, Access Type and Method. You can also try our online IOCTL Decoder.
- NT Native API: - Support for NTs Native API Calls. More calls have been added in this version. Parameter Information, Return Type and Error Codes have been included for most of the Ntxxx APIs and some Rtlxxx APIs. For undocumented Native APIs, a stack dump of 10 (possible) arguments is displayed
- Process Loader - API Monitor includes a process loader that can be used to monitor APIs called by console mode applications or to monitor APIs called very early in the program. It can also be used to monitor APIs in programs like RUNDLL32
- Monitor Running Process: - This version of API Monitor includes a Monitor Running Process tool that can be used to monitor APIs in a background or console process that is already running. A complete list of processes that are currently running in the system is displayed, and you can select the one that you want to monitor. DO NOT try to monitor NT Services using this method as they will hang. It is highly recommended that you use till tool only when all other methods of monitoring the process fail.s
- GetProcAddress Hook - A new option has been added, where in, you can select if APIs called using LoadLibrary-GetProcAddress are hooked or not.
- API Details - Double-clicking or pressing the return key on an API opens up the API Details window, which displays the details of the API in a easy to read format. It also provides a description of the error if the API call failed
- Buffer Display - For some API calls like WriteFile, ReadFile, send, RegSetValueExW, etc. buffers can be displayed using the display buffer button in API Details.
- Integrated MSDN Help - This feature allows you to view MSDN context-sensitive help for the currently selected API. You need to have MSDN library installed for this to work.
- Standard Features - API Monitor allows a capture to be saved for later viewing. If a capture is started when a capture while is open, monitored calls are appended to the file. This feature allows you to view MSDN context-sensitive help for the currently selected API. You need to have MSDN library installed for this to work.

This product is an userinterface for the Microsofts Sandcastle that creates help documentation for .NET assemblies.
SandcastleGUI has several additions made to the default Sandcastle generated output, such as:
- Support for online MSDN-links.
- Documenting of specified namespaces instead of entire assemblies.
- Multiple outputtypes (website and/or .CHM-file).
- Custom copyright line.
- Custom company logo.
- Custom product information.