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Creating a Timer Using the Amazing New Windows 7 Features

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This article shows how to create a simple egg timer that uses features new to Windows 7.
//Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using MS.WindowsAPICodePack.Internal;

namespace Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.PropertySystem
{
    internal static class PropertySystemNativeMethods
    {
        static PropertySystemNativeMethods()
        {
            // Hide default constructor
        }

        #region Property Definitions

        internal enum PROPDESC_RELATIVEDESCRIPTION_TYPE
        {
            PDRDT_GENERAL,
            PDRDT_DATE,
            PDRDT_SIZE,
            PDRDT_COUNT,
            PDRDT_REVISION,
            PDRDT_LENGTH,
            PDRDT_DURATION,
            PDRDT_SPEED,
            PDRDT_RATE,
            PDRDT_RATING,
            PDRDT_PRIORITY
        }

        #endregion

        #region Property System Helpers

        [DllImport("propsys.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
        internal static extern int PSGetNameFromPropertyKey(
            ref PropertyKey propkey,
            [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] out string ppszCanonicalName
        );

        [DllImport("propsys.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
        internal static extern HRESULT PSGetPropertyDescription(
            ref PropertyKey propkey,
            ref Guid riid,
            [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out IPropertyDescription ppv
        );

        [DllImport("propsys.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
        internal static extern int PSGetPropertyKeyFromName(
            [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszCanonicalName,
            out PropertyKey propkey
        );

        [DllImport("propsys.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
        internal static extern int PSGetPropertyDescriptionListFromString(
            [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszPropList,
            [In] ref Guid riid,
            out IPropertyDescriptionList ppv
        );

        

        #endregion
    }
}

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