A newer MMC 3.0 SDK is now available as part of Windows SDK. It offers a managed framework for snap-in design and development. The MMC 3.0 SDK is much easier to use and offers several features that allow the developer to focus on the logic of the snap-in rather than the infrastructure.

The MMC 3.0 download is supported on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and on Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). All later operating systems, including Windows Vista and future service packs for all the above will ship with MMC 3.0 pre-installed.

This is a guide for programming with MMC 2.0 SDK. This section covers the following topics:

• MMC Programmer's Guide Overview
• Building the Basic Snap-in Framework
• Adding About Information and HTML Help Support
• Working with the Scope Pane
• Using Different Result Pane View Types
• Working with Context Menus
• Working with Toolbars and Menu Buttons
• Adding Property Pages and Wizard Pages
• Working with Extension Snap-ins
• Enabling MMC Standard Verbs
• Snap-in Persistence Model
• MMC and WMI
• MFC and Snap-in Development
• Distributing Your Snap-in

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Build date: 5/27/2009