I’m currently working on a UWP app to work with scanners. This application is a POS app and reads barcodes. Windows 10 Provides its built in barcode scanner class. That is used for UWP apps but it is limited in functionalities. you can check it here. Window 10 barcode Scanner for UWP

C#7.0

.NET4.6

Win10

UWP

[ UWP ] how to use a COM based API in UWP application?

29 Aug 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak

Some COM components work in UWP apps, most don't. Why? UWP applications run in a "sandbox" where the application needs permissions to do just about anything. They are restricted to using a limited subset of the Win32 and COM API's. Most existing COM components, unless they are explicitly...

[UWP] how to start an exe file that is located in specific directory?

15 Mar 2018 by neoxxxooo

I am trying to start an exe that is located in C:/Program Files (x86)/App/ from UWP app. The UWP app is located in different directory C:/Program Files (x86)/UWPApp/. Is it possible to do that? What I have tried: I can start exe file by using Windows Desktop extension for UWP, add ...

Win10

UWP

[UWP] how to start an exe file that is located in specific directory?

8 Mar 2018 by mvdk72

Only solution that I see now is that you search for the .exe and start it when you find it. It is not possible to just start an executable and not telling where it can be found. The file system has folders for a good reason

Win10

UWP

[UWP] serialdevice.cleartosendstate always returns false

22 Mar 2016 by Dao Nguyen Trong Tin

I use two FT232RL (FTDI) USB to Serial adapters to utilize UART communication with RTS/CTS flow control between 2 PCs. My hardware configuration: TXRX; RXTX; CTSRTS; RTSCTS; GNDGND.I enable RTS signal of one adapter and want to get the CTS state of the other adapter. I...

Win10

serial-port

[UWP]- OnActivated Event not fired in windows 10 machine for a windows 8 app

20 Aug 2015 by hitech_s

I have windows 8 app with notifications enabled. it works great in windows 8, 8.1 and in windows 10 machine too. But i got the problem is when user taps on notification it is getting the launch attributues from LAunchEvent in windows 8 and 8.1 apps and based on the launch parameter of toast...

Win8

Win10

Windows

A Class to Combine Slider Control and Progress Bar Windows

23 Jan 2018 by Cem KARACA

An article on how to combine Slider Controls and Progress bar into one class using custom draw

A Foldable Content Control for UWP

8 Jan 2017 by Nuwan Karunarathna

This a foldable content control for UWP platform.

A glimpse into the windows 10 upgrade notification

7 Oct 2015 by Rey Bango

Over the last few months, more than 14 million people upgraded to Windows 10. Learn how our team at Microsoft helped ensure a smooth upgrade experience.

Win10

Microsoft-Edge

A Lap Around @ChakraCore

3 Jun 2016 by Microsoft Developers

Earlier this year, we open-sourced ChakraCore, the heart of the JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and the Windows 10 Universal App Platform. Today we'll walk you through what's new and what's next in ChakraCore, including some upcoming work like Modules, WebAssembly, ES2017 and beyond.

A Little Neat Trick to Grab Windows 10 Startup Desktop Screen Pictures

4 Sep 2018 by simonp_ca

If you like those beautiful Windows10 PC startup screens and wonder how to capture and save them as images, this tip/trick is for you...

Win10

Windows

desktop

A Very Basic Recursive Binary Search Tree For Excel VBA

24 Feb 2019 by WhiskeyBeforeWater

An unbalanced basic recursive Binary Search Tree for Excel VBA with functions (insert, search, delete, in order, pre-order, post-order, minimum, and maximum)

A Very Basic Singely Linked List for VBA

16 Mar 2019 by WhiskeyBeforeWater

A nodular Singely Linked List for VBA with some basic functions

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 2: Minimize to System Tray

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

Win10

WPF

PInvoke

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 3: Ad Blocker Front End

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

This article provides a walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon.

Win10

WPF

PInvoke

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 4: Ad Blocker Back End

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

A walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon

Win10

WPF

PInvoke

Adobe Illustrator Script for UWP Assets

19 Jan 2016 by Leisvan Cordero

Adobe Illustrator script for UWP Assets

Advanced View States for Windows 10 apps

15 Apr 2015 by Juan Pablo G.C.

StateTriggers with multiple properties and initialization, setters for attached properties, deep property path, set values to null,custom attached properties, visual state group as resource and trigger inside datatemplates workaround

Win10

XAML

UWP

AI: error 404 after upgrade 2.6.1 beta

27 Apr 2023 by Douglas Goldberg

Running dedicated win-10 machine. Blue Iris and upgraded to 2.1.6 beta and now getting AI: error 404??? What's up What I have tried: Reboot, clear cache, no license plate detection

Win10

errors

AI: error 404 after upgrade 2.6.1 beta

27 Apr 2023 by Dave Kreskowiak

The dedicated AI forum is here[^]. You might want to pay attention to the pinned post at the top of the forum.

Win10

errors

An Easy Cross-Platform Floating Action Menu using Qt/QML

20 Feb 2017 by PatGulotta

An easy to use C++/Qt/Qml Floating Action Menu providing the ability to add Floating Actions Menus to a Qt/Qml cross-platform project.

Animation Editor - Bring Cartoon Color to Your Otherwise Drab Covid World

16 Jul 2020 by Christ Kennedy

Combine your own sprites with any MP4 you choose using this Animation Editor

Win10

Dev

graphics

App not getting notifications in windows 10

14 Jul 2015 by hitech_s

Hi All,I have a windows 8 app which is toast capable. currently i installed this app in my laptop with windows 8.1 OS. Notifications(tile and toast) are working fine. while i installed the same app in Windows 10 machine with build number 10162, my app is not showing up in the list of apps...

Win8

Win10

Windows

Appbarbutton lost function after changing it's icon and label in UWP C# project

26 May 2019 by ahmed walid

AppBarButton lost function (doesn't execute it's code) after changing it's Label and Icon (the code work only for first click on button but doesn't work any more(after the change)) for example : In this code mediaPlayer.Pause(); works private async void AppBarButton_Click_1(object sender,...

Application creates registry at different location for win10

4 Sep 2017 by Jeevan Jain

hello, In our c# application, we have created registry by using "Registry.LocalMachine", And it created registry at (for 32 bit Pc) "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMS" location. It works fine with XP/Win7. But for Win10, it creates the registry at different location ...

Win10

Application creates registry at different location for win10

4 Sep 2017 by Tim Paaschen

Hi, your problem is not related to Windows XP/7 vs. 8/10 but to 32-bit vs. 64-bit versions of windows. If you run a 32-bit application on a 64-bit windows, it is executed using WoW64 (Windows on Windows 64). WoW64 redirects your registry-access to a different part of the registry (same for file...

Win10

Application creates registry at different location for win10

4 Sep 2017 by OriginalGriff

The simplest solution is this: don't use the Registry. That's a much better idea than you think: use of the Registry is more restricted than it was, and becoming more restricted with time, not easier. So what works now, may not work in future, as you have noticed with Win 7 / Win 10. And that is...

Win10

Atlwinverapi.h(712): error C3861: 'lcmapstringex': identifier not found

12 Aug 2017 by Naveen_vemuri

i am converting a vs 2008 project to vs2017. plz help me how to solve this error. What I have tried: i tried of changing winver 0x0400 and _win32_winnt 0x0400 to 0x601.

Win10

Atlwinverapi.h(712): error C3861: 'lcmapstringex': identifier not found

12 Aug 2017 by Member 13358397

1. Search for definitions of _WIN32_WINNT in the current project files, if there are some of them, erase them. 2. Add StdAfx (header and source) files in the project. 3. In StdAfx.h define the following macros: #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0A00 #define _ATL_APARTMENT_THREADED #define...

Win10

Avi from Image Files in One Click

27 Dec 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Simple solution for small avi demo performance from Image files of any kind

Avoid re-entering SQL authentication password again and again

24 Nov 2022 by Jean-Claude Elias

Using MS-Access 2019 as front end, with databases and tables linked to SQL Express (and using SSMS 18). When I link tables using SQL Authentication, from a remote computer, it asks for the login password the first time, which is ok. However, each...

SQL

Win10

Avoid re-entering SQL authentication password again and again

24 Nov 2022 by CHill60

I know this thread is resolved, but this information may help anyone else attempting a similar set up. I'm linking to a SQL Server database from Access 365 and found this article Create DSN-less connection to SQL for linked table - Office |...

SQL

Win10

Avoid re-entering SQL authentication password again and again

24 Nov 2022 by Jean-Claude Elias

Thank you CHill60, very interesting and useful. Always willing to try improved solutions. Will most likely adopt this one.

SQL

Win10

Backup database if close form

26 Jul 2022 by SaeedZer0

how backup database with close project or form bool close = Convert.ToBoolean(this.Close()); if (close = true) { string Query2 = "Backup Database HNH To Disk ='" + @"\\Backup" + dt + ".bak" + "'"; What I have tried: how backup database with...

Backup database if close form

26 Jul 2022 by OriginalGriff

Erm ... Close doesn't return anything - it's a void method: Form.Close Method (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Docs[^] so that code probably won't even compile. If you want to do something when a form closes, handle the FormClosing event[^]...

BLE on windows 10 desktop

10 Apr 2016 by Andrea@Favero

I need to write an application on Windows 10 desktop, to test and develop some embedded products with BLE. I know that BLE is more mature on iOS and Android (and even on Windows Phone), but we are used to Windows Desktop applications, developed in Visual Studio 2015, in c#.I already...

Win10

Bluetooth

UWP

BLE on windows 10 desktop

10 Apr 2016 by Andrea@Favero

Update: I found the way to include the Windows 10 runtime.Add a reference to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata\Windows.winmdThanks the same :-)

Win10

Bluetooth

UWP

Bluetooth low energy - windows programming

26 Jun 2017 by code_enthusiast

I am a newbie in Windows application development. Currently I'm working on a project to write a communication layer using Bluetooth low energy which should work on both windows 8.1 and windows 10. Below is the code that I used to run to list the BLE services, #include "stdafx.h" #include...

Bluetooth low energy - windows programming

26 Jun 2017 by KarstenK

There is some bug in the API. Read this article at Stack overflow with some additional hints for an update. Your code flow is buggy. Never re-use a handle multiple times, it is a unique sysetm resource. And dont close a handle multiple time, but set the value to NULL when done!!!

Bluetooth low energy - windows programming

26 Jun 2017 by Jochen Arndt

You will probably never get a valid handle from GetBLEHandle. Your code in main() does not check the return value and the function itself is not working as expected: if (!SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetail(hDI, &did, NULL, 0, &size, 0)) { int err = GetLastError(); if (err == ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)...

Bluetooth low energy windows

26 Jun 2017 by code_enthusiast

Is it possible to develop Bluetooth low energy applications in C++ using Bluetooth low energy functions which should work on both windows 8.1 and windows 10 ?? What I have tried: If it is possible, Is there any code sample that i can use?

Bluetooth low energy windows

26 Jun 2017 by Richard MacCutchan

You already posted this question at Bluetooth low energy - windows programming[^]; please do not repost.

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