Windows Media Center SDK
This documentation describes the Microsoft Windows Media Center Software Development Kit (SDK).
The Windows Media Center SDK is designed to help developers create applications and software components that take advantage of features provided by Windows Media Center.
The Windows Media Center SDK documents the following:
- Support for Windows Media Center Presentation Layer applications.
- Support for Windows Media Center hosted HTML applications.
- Support for CD/DVD recording applications.
- Support for Windows Media Center Extenders.
- Support for device drivers and other software components that need to receive status information about the state of Windows Media Center.
- Support for locale-specific input method editors (IMEs) for Windows Media Center.
Developers are encouraged to refer to the source code of the samples included with this SDK.
The Windows Media Center SDK documents programming technologies that you can use to extend the capabilities of Windows Media Center. This documentation contains the following sections.
| Section | Description |
| About the Windows Media Center SDK | Provides an overview of the Windows Media Center SDK and describes its basic concepts. |
| Programming Guide | Describes how to design and develop applications for Windows Media Center. |
| Programming Reference | Provides reference information for the classes, objects, interfaces, structures, and enumeration types supported by the Windows Media Center SDK. |
| Glossary | Defines terms used in the Windows Media Center SDK documentation. |