What's new in Windows MultiPoint Mouse Software Development Kit 1.5.1
Apr 23, 2010- New features in Windows Multipoint Mouse SDK 1.5.1 compared with version 1.5:
- Improved performance on low-end modern hardware, especially Atom-based netbooks.
- Improved device detection (PS/2, trackpad, and Bluetooth mouse devices are now supported).
- New features in Windows Multipoint Mouse SDK 1.5 compared with version 1.1:
- Now supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
- Now supports 32-bit and 64-bit applications and operating systems by leveraging AnyCPU Intermediate Language (IL).
- New cursor capabilities were added: you can specify a cursor color, assign a custom image to a cursor, or hide cursors.
- New templates for Visual Studio 2008 were added to simplify the creation of MultiPoint Mouse applications.
- The namespace changed from Microsoft.MultiPoint to Microsoft.Multipoint to comply with capitalization conventions for .NET.
- The number of DLLs was reduced from five to two (Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.dll and Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.Controls.dll).
- The object model was simplified, reducing the number of exposed classes, methods, and properties.
- The sample code was simplified and made compliant with good coding practices, such as FxCop guidelines to help further reduce programming errors.
- The sample code for allocating mouse cursors and the number and quality of cursor icons was improved, making it easier to allocate custom cursors when creating an application.
New in Windows MultiPoint Mouse Software Development Kit 1.5 (Jan 13, 2010)
- Now supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
- Now supports 32 bit and 64 bit applications and operating systems by leveraging AnyCPU Intermediate Language (IL).
- New cursor capabilities were added: you can specify a cursor color, assign a custom image to a cursor, or hide cursors.
- New templates for Visual Studio 2008 were added to simplify the creation of MultiPoint Mouse applications.
- The namespace changed from Microsoft.MultiPoint to Microsoft.Multipoint to comply with capitalization conventions for .NET
- The number of DLLs was reduced from five to two (Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.dll and Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.Controls.dll)
- The object model was simplified, reducing the number of exposed classes, methods, and properties.
- The sample code was simplified and made to be compliant with good coding practices, such as FxCop guidelines to help further reduce programming errors.
- The sample code for allocating mouse cursors and the number and quality of cursor icons was improved making it easier to allocate custom cursors when creating an application.