Michael Creasy's blogMicrosoft Windows Media Center, digital media and more...This week's questions (actually last week's): More on HTML and add-ins- June 24, 2005 How are HTML apps and add-ins associated with each other (Can HTML apps trigger add-ins to be launched) HTML and add-ins can both be part of the same application, that is each is a different entrypoint of the application. The association takes place at registration time, when both would be registered as one application. An HTML page can start an add-in (on-demand only, not background) by using the NavigateToPage function with the guid for ExtensibilityEntryPoint as the first parameter. Is...http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/24/432432.aspx Media Center PC's are getting cheap!- June 24, 2005 Betanews reports that GatewayeMachines will be offering a new Media Center PC for $599! The specs are pretty impressive for such a cheap computer: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 1GB DDR SDRAM 200GB hard drive ATI Radeon Xpress 200 8 in 1 media reader Rewritable dual-layer DVD drive CD-ROM drive Wow. No mention of a TV Tuner, monitor or remote though... I've never bought an eMachines computer before, but that seems like a great deal for a pretty powerful system.http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/23/432081.aspx This weeks questions - always on top and registering add-ins and HTML together- June 10, 2005 I've decided to take all the questions I get by email and answer them on Fridays in one post, so do please continue to email me any questions you have. That said, here's this weeks questions: How can I keep the Media Center window on top so I can work on other things In Media Center go to SettingsGeneralStartup and Window Behavior and select "Media Center window always on top". How can I associate an HTML application with an add-in Register both the add-in and the HTML...http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/10/428142.aspx How to disable a Media Center add-in- June 10, 2005 Jason over at Digital Media Thoughts sent me an email about his new article on The Powers and Perils of a Platform. Jason talks about the trouble he had when a Media Center "plugin" went bad and couldn't be uninstalled. It's not clear if it was an HTML application or a managed code add-in, but based on the description I'm assuming it's the latter. He ran into problems when trying to manually uninstall the application so I thought I should post something on what to do when.http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/09/427473.aspx David Burnett on digital photography- June 8, 2005 David Burnett talks to the New York Times on what cameras he uses and why he mainly shoots digital now - he's another Canon 20D user. The article is interesting, but the audio slideshow is much more interesting. He explains that he uses a number of different cameras depending on the type of photo he's going for and on the slideshow there's a few examples. I love my 20D, but it's not a camera that I can use all the time, it's just too big, so I also have a Canon SD500 which.http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/07/426575.aspx Questions answered- June 3, 2005 I've had a couple of questions by email that I should answer (note I've paraphrased some of these): What fonts should I use for my HTML Media Center application and can I use Flash The SDK is where to go for design guidelines for HTML applications (the short answer is to use a sans serif font). Yes, Flash can be used in HTML Media Center applications - Napster and MSN Music both use Flash. How can I add an application to the Start Menu You can't. Well OK, you can, but we.http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/03/425041.aspx Yes, I'm still alive.- June 3, 2005 Sorry I haven't had much (anything) to say for a while. I've been terribly busy on a number of things that it won't take a genius to guess about. So what's been going on Well, I'm very excited about the XBox 360 and it's built in Media Center Extender. There will definitely be one of those next to my TV later this year. With the XBox 360 there I might just move the Media Center PC away from the TV and hide it out of the way somewhere. That will simplify the...http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archive/2005/06/03/425037.aspx |