.NET Framework based MMC (Microsoft Management Console) - Ahmed Salijee

Ahmed Salijee

.NET Framework based MMC (Microsoft Management Console)

We just released MMC 3.0 for Windows Server 2003. You can download it from here. There is also an XP Version available

You can then visit MSDN to create a simple Hello World Snap In. Nice. It would be cool if there was a starter kit, project template and some snippets but this is still great. Should make the tasks on creating management consoles a lot easier.


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Posted: Mar 20 2006, 11:01 AM by ahmeds | with 5 comment(s)

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rudolf said:

This is great news. The 'Microsoft Management Console 3.0' site mention the MMC SDK but I could not find any downloads as such. I hope like you said that a template set can be created for VS to make it easier to develop.  There is so much potential in MMC for writing good applications for system/application administration tools.
# March 22, 2006 6:57 AM

rudolf said:

I manage to get the simple hello world sample to work. I did noticed that some standard windows snap-ins give errors which is a big concern. This is on the XP version.
The error is: "MMC has detected an error in a snap-in. It is recommended that you shut down and restart MMC."
Selecting "Continue running and Ignore errors..." seems to work with no further errors.
Scarry...
# March 22, 2006 8:29 AM

ahmeds said:

I did this on WS03 and got no errors.
Regarding MMC SDK. The MMC stuff is generally in the Platform SDK. So you would need that. It would largely give you samples and documentation
# March 22, 2006 11:33 AM

rudolf said:

Any chance to get hold of the whole platform SDK without having to download it over our notorius fast Internet in this side of the world?
# March 22, 2006 1:54 PM

ahmeds said:

I am sure it ships on MSDN.
# March 22, 2006 3:41 PM