Photos App sample and controls inside Microsoft PixelSense

 

The Garage is back to share the Photos App sample application with reusable sample controls for use with the Microsoft Surface 2.0 software Development Kit (SDK), It's more goodness Microsoft PixelSense community.

This seems very versatile application packs some great design and engineering innovations that make easy for people to walk right up to a Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense insert USB removable media, and instantly share their photos with friends, colleagues and customers.

This sample application can be easily deployed and used the complete sample code included with reusable controls, and - it is provided as-is, and is not supported. Photos: Click here to download from the App Garage.

Photos App included sample controls

This sample includes a number of reusable sample application developers can use to make their own applications controlsthat even better:

    Dockable content side of the screen for later ScatterView SNAP, have intelligently organize themselves
    Just-in-time Chrome Touch to display information about a piece of content, it is a text with a fade
    Move background file copy files from removable media to the device
    Great background removable media | Let your app to know when new content is available
    Loading content from removable media and take pictures in the background ScatterViews import content in Microsoft Surface ScatterView containers
 

Installing Photos App

This sample did not come with their own applications installer.Copy desert. Zip file in a folder that all users will have access to the content (eg: 100: \ SurfaceApps \). Right-click on PhotosApp \ Release \ PhotosApp.xml file and Create Shortcut. Copy shortcut file to 100: \ ProgramData \ Microsoft \ Surface \ Programs \ and then use the Surface Configuration Utility to add the application to the Launcher.

Using removable media USB Photos App

In Photos App has the ability to display photos from an external USB storage device. All you have to do is create a directory on the USB drive called \ PhotosApp \ Content \ put your photos there. Income Photos Apps tail removable USB drive on your Samsung SUR40. The photos will replace the existing contents of the directory and Photos Apps persist until other removable USB device inserted, and new content is copied over.

 If you want to disable the ability to copy photos from removable media to change the content in the application directory on the hard drive \ PhotosApp \ Content \ to read-only. This will prevent overwriting the original files from the file system with the new pictures, and effectively block users from sharing their photos on the device.

About The Garage

Garage is a community of Microsoft hired, who are passionate about Microsoft PixelSense, Samsung SUR40, computer vision, and natural user interface (NUI) Technologies. Last year TechCrunch reporter visited Devin Coldewey wrote a great article that gives a little more background Surface Garage in group: "Microsoft's Surface Garage: A Cross-Department Development Team, With Beer and pizza."

One of the group's goals is to contribute to the greater helpful code samples and demo PixelSense development community. This is the work is done by enthusiastic employees in their off-hours. Tags of the remission of the sign of the Product such as, but He does great in addition to the examples as they can be useful to the state.