Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra

Andrew Salamatov

Rolando Jimenez-Salgado

Lawrence Fubini Waldman

Jason Todd Henderson

David Claux

Shahar Prish

Zhenyu Tang

Keyur Rahul Patel

Joseph Wai-Yan Woo

Mark Brewster

Brian M Jones

Todd Haugen

Humberto Lezama Guadarrama

Patrick Michael Conlan

Runzhen Huang

Peter Wu

Jiajun Hua

Michael J Saunders

Amit Mohindra

Rennan Garrett Broussard

Gabriel Royer

Daniel Mark Saunders

Rajanikanth Naduppalayam Thandavan

Brian Michael Jones

Mechanisms are described herein for propagating a theme definition from a host application to a host extension so that the host application and the host extension are visually consistent. A theme definition may be updated after a theme change event occurs as a result of a user interacting with the host application. The theme definition may then be utilized by the host extension to update one or more UI elements presented by the host extension to enable visual consistency.

Propagating theming information from host applications to host extensions

A user's (client) computer sends a request for a listing of applications which can be downloaded from a server in an electronic marketplace and a list of functions provided by a host program. A description of an application, such as in an application manifest, provides a list of required functions and, preferably, a list of optional functions for a software application. The server sends a list of applications supported by those functions. Those supported applications are displayed to the user as being available for downloading. The user selects the desired application and the user's computer requests, and the server provides, a download of that application. The downloaded application will then operate on the user's computer using the required functions provided by the host programs, and may use any optional functions provided by the host programs.

Identification of host-compatible downloadable applications

Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.

Cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications

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