slides du Longhorn Project

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Introduction
Tutor Mr Johny Bond
Stéphane Blanc, Nicolas Bousquet, Alban Campo,
Gilles Réant - E.P.U. - 2005
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Synopsis
Synopsis

• Whats Longhorn ?
• Technologies used
• The application
• Demonstration
• Conclusion

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Whats Longhorn
Whats Longhorn ?

• Next operating system of Microsoft
• Designed to replace Windows XP
• Longhorn final release Expected
  early-to-mid-2006
• Three main parts
• Avalon (Graphics engine)
• Indigo (Communication)
• WinFS (File system management)
• .NET Framework v2
• Win32 WinFX (development patterns)

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Whats Longhorn - Demo
Whats Longhorn ?
Demo
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Technologies used
Technologies used

• Several technologies
• Visual Studio .NET 2005 beta 2
• Avalon XAML language (beta 1 RC)
• WinFX Software Development Kit (SDK) beta 1 RC
• C language
• All new technologies for us

• Quick learning and installation of Windows
  Longhorn

XAML eXtensible Application Markup Language
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The application - Intro
The application
Introduction

• The AIM
• To develop an application by learning and using
  the new technologies given by the next OS of
  Microsoft Longhorn
• The application
• Manage your Internet Explorer favorites seeing
  live screenshots of websites taken through a
  transparent way.
• 3 versions
• With an XP interface
• With a Longhorn 2D interface
• With a Longhorn 3D interface

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The application - screenshots
The application
Screenshots

• XP Interface

• Longhorn 2D

• Longhorn 3D

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The application Comp Func
The application
Composition functionalities

• Divided in 4 parts
• Interface (XP, Longhorn 2D/3D)
• Controller
• ScreenMaker
• IOFileSystem

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The application - Interfaces
The application
Composition functionalities / Interfaces

• 3 interfaces for the application
• To show differences between XP Longhorn

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
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The application - Controller
The application
Composition functionalities / Controller

• Main part of the program
• All parts are linked with it
• Communication messages are forwarded by the
  controller
• Nevralgic part of the program
• Open web pages

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The application - Screenmaker
The application
Composition functionalities / Screenmaker

• Needs Internet connection to make screenshots
• Waiting for the page to be fully loaded
• Needs 2s-3s to take a screenshot
• Approximatively 10" for a big website (e.g.
  LeMonde.fr)
• Takes an URL from a favorite calls IE engine
  in the background
• Outline of websites, not real capture

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The application -IOFileSystem
The application
Composition functionalities / IOFileSystem

• All input/output with the hard disk
• Add/Modify/Delete a favorite
• Add images delete stored ones
• Reads registry key environment variable of
  current user
• Images stored in PNG format (better quality than
  JPEG)
• Recursive reading search of favorites

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Problems encountered
Problems encountered

• Incompatibilities between 2 versions of SDK
• Several installs uninstalls of tools
  runtimes ( 30 !)
• Impossibility of running programs compiled under
  Longhorn
• No XAML WYSIWYG editor difficult online
  documentation
• Not same tags between 2 releases of Avalon
• Problems with sounds, videos and certificates
  with the screenmaker
• Due to beta versions

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Demo XP
Demo XP
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Demos Longhorn
Demos Longhorn
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Conclusion
Conclusion

• Objectives reached !
• 2 versions with Longhorn technologies
• Stable software we would like to share
• Many learned and now mastered technologies
• Real team work tasks separation
• Great atmosphere in the team along 3 weeks

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Thanks
Thanks

• Mr Johny BOND, our tutor for his advices and his
  will to monitor us,
• Mrs Blandine BERG, MSDNAA program chief, for
  having put to us in liaison with Mr Pierre
  LAGARDE,
• Mr Pierre LAGARDE, Microsoft .NET developper
  engineer, for his great help on Longhorn and his
  attendance with us,
• Mr Jean-Paul STROMBONI, for having allowed us to
  carry through our project.

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Final
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