C4F Developer Kit

C4F Developer Kit was designed to demonstrate the power and ease of creating fun, cool applications with the new Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions.
Here are some key features of "C4F Developer Kit":
· Easy to use drag n drop controls including 10+ Windows Vista APIs and 8+ Web Service wrappers
· Complete source code in both Visual Basic and Visual C# for all controls and samples

Communication

· Bluetooth – The Bluetooth controls and samples show you how to write applications that connect to and communicate with Bluetooth devices across several different Bluetooth profiles.
· Messaging – The Messaging controls and sample application provide a managed-code wrapper for the Windows Messaging API (MAPI) and the built-in Messaging support within the .NET Framework.

Vista APIs

· Calendar – The Calendar controls and sample application shows examples of interacting with and manipulating Windows Vista Calendar through an easy-to-use interface.
· Speech API – The Speech controls provide developers the tools to include speech capabilities into their applications. Features include the ability to convert text and Speech Synthesis Mark-up Language (SSML) to speech and to take speech and convert it to text.
· Preview Handlers – Leveraging the existing framework built-in to Microsoft Vista that provides a lightweight, rich, read-only preview of a files contents in reading page. Includes built-in support for many common file types. Using the Preview Handler API, developers can create preview handlers for their own file types.
· Contacts – The Contacts controls and sample applications provide the tools for developers to interact with the Windows Vista Contacts.

Utilities

· Picture Acquisition – Includes controls and samples for the Picture Acquisition SDK for retrieving and importing pictures and video from a device like digital camera.
· Power Management – Using the Power Management sample application, developers can learn how to programmatically interact with power schemes and power events in Windows Vista.
· Telephony – The Telephony API provides methods which enable applications to make and receive telephone calls, send and receive digits using DTMF, and record and play back calls.
· Windows Desktop Search – Using the Windows Desktop Search, developers can write search-enabled applications that take advantage of the filtering and indexing. Includes pre-defined filters for common file types.
Requirements:
· Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions