The Weird and The Wonderful

// C#
byte[] arr = new byte[5];
arr[0] = 12;
byte n = arr[0];

// C++/CX
Array<unsigned char>^ arr = ref new Array<unsigned char>(5);
arr->set(0, 12); // [] operator is not available!
unsigned char n = arr->get(0); // [] operator is not available!

Cake Processor wrote:

he has to manually spurn a worker thread

void ClampImageApp::MainPage::btnOpenImage_Click(Platform::Object^ sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::RoutedEventArgs^ e)
{
    FileOpenPicker^ fileOpenPicker = ref new FileOpenPicker();
    fileOpenPicker->SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId::PicturesLibrary;
    fileOpenPicker->FileTypeFilter->Append(L".jpg");
    fileOpenPicker->ViewMode = PickerViewMode::Thumbnail;

    mSource = ref new SoftwareBitmapSource();
    concurrency::create_task(fileOpenPicker->PickSingleFileAsync())
    .then([&](StorageFile^ file)->IAsyncOperation<IRandomAccessStream^>^
    {
        if (file)
        {
            return file->OpenAsync(FileAccessMode::Read);
        }
        else
        {
            throw task_canceled();
        }
    }).then([&](IRandomAccessStream^ stream)->IAsyncOperation<BitmapDecoder^>^
    {
        // Create the decoder from the stream
        return BitmapDecoder::CreateAsync(stream);

    }).then([&](BitmapDecoder^ decoder)->IAsyncOperation<SoftwareBitmap^>^
    {
        return decoder->GetSoftwareBitmapAsync();

    }).then([&](SoftwareBitmap^ sw_bmp)->IAsyncAction^
    {
        if (sw_bmp->BitmapPixelFormat != BitmapPixelFormat::Bgra8 ||
            sw_bmp->BitmapAlphaMode == BitmapAlphaMode::Straight)
        {
            sw_bmp = SoftwareBitmap::Convert(sw_bmp, BitmapPixelFormat::Bgra8, BitmapAlphaMode::Premultiplied);
        }
        return mSource->SetBitmapAsync(sw_bmp);

    }).then([&]()->void {
        this->imgPhoto->Source = mSource;

    });
}

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;

// Create a composite setting
Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCompositeValue composite = new Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCompositeValue();
composite["intVal"] = 1212;
composite["strVal"] = "string";

localSettings.Values["RawCompositeSetting"] = composite;

// Read data from a composite setting
Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCompositeValue composite2 =
   (Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCompositeValue)localSettings.Values["RawCompositeSetting"];

Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataContainer^ localSettings =
    Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current->LocalSettings;

// Create a composite setting
ApplicationDataCompositeValue^ composite = ref new ApplicationDataCompositeValue();
composite->Insert("intVal", dynamic_cast<PropertyValue^>(PropertyValue::CreateInt32(1212)));
composite->Insert("strVal", dynamic_cast<PropertyValue^>(PropertyValue::CreateString("string")));

auto values = localSettings->Values;
values->Insert("RawCompositeSetting", composite);

// Read data from a composite setting
ApplicationDataCompositeValue^ composite2 = safe_cast<ApplicationDataCompositeValue^>(localSettings->Values->Lookup("RawCompositeSetting"));

wout de zeeuw wrote:

What's this article doing in the forum?

Nish Nishant wrote:

why not default to the latest stable release?

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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<Project>
    <PropertyGroup>
        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>