So you wanted to start making your own plug-ins for Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center and downloaded the SDK provided by Microsoft and was disappointed by their html samples? Well, we have good news for you: you can now download a Media Center styled SDK! The mcesoft Vista html sdk is not ment to be a replacement of Microsoft’s SDK, but as an addition to help you get started even better with the plug-ins you want to build. This SDK contains multiple samples for various items you want to use in your plug-ins. It even includes an html version of the new horizontal scroll feature that is new to Vista Media Center.

This plug-in can also be used on a Windows XP Media Center Edition PC but requires Internet Explorer 7 to be installed to display correctly.

Please scroll down to see the sample pages that are included in this plug-in.

Download mcesoft Vista html sdk

Price: Freeware, donations appreciated (PayPal)

Created by: Danee de Kruyff

Plugin type: HTML application.

Compatibility: Windows Vista Media Center, 16:9 & 4:3 display modes.

Supported languages:

The following pages are included in the plug-in:

Buttons sample page

This page shows how narrow and wide buttons can be used, including buttons that form a groep.

Radiobuttons sample page

This page shows how to use radiobuttons and retrieve the selection made.

Checkboxes sample page

This page shows how to use checkboxes and retrieve the selection made.

Spinners sample page

This page shows how to use spinners and retrieve the selection made.

Inputboxes sample page

This page shows how to use inputboxes, both plain for use with a keyboard and one to be use with the remote control's tripple-tap function.

Horizontal scroll sample page

This page is an example of how to build a horizontall scroll page. It includes code samples on how to navigate, run a script or how to start media (audio or video) from a selected item.