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Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

Smart WPF Login Overlay (Windows 8 Style)

by DotNetMastermind

Login Overlay for WPF applications with a styling similar to the Windows 8 Login Screen.

Port a 2D libgdx game to MonoGame

by Giannakakis Kostas

Port your libgdx games to run in Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms

Autoshutdown Service in C#

by Kees van Spelde

This is an alternative for "AutoShut, my first program in C#"

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Lee Algorithm Mazesolver

by Shao Voon Wong

Lee Algorithm Mazesolver in MFC and Direct2D

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

UpdaterApp - a Library for Easy Update

by William Costa Rodrigues

This article explains an easy method to download and update your WinForms application

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Win8

Yet another Home Monitor

5 Mar 2015 by 65Goat

This contest submission is for a home monitoring solution that reads temperature, humidity and states from various sensors around a home. The data is stored in Azure and can be accessed via mobile devices.

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

C# Web.config file giving unknown issues

24 Jun 2013 by _Asif_

Seems like this web.config is not XML compliant. Save this web.config as test.xml and load it in IE and check what is the error. Hopefully this should resolve your issue.Thanks

Equivalent of ThreadPool.RegisterWaitForSingleObject in metro style app

30 Aug 2012 by aajeesh

Is there is any equivalent of ThreadPool.RegisterWaitForSingleObject in metro style app development? It is for implementing timeout functionality in an asynchronous operation as in the example here. Thanks in advance.

Unable to finde string finctions like right, left and mid in WP VB.NET

14 Jul 2016 by aamir_shaheen

I am developing a windows phone app which requires some string manipulation. but its still really hard for me to find proper code for that, I also triedMicrosoft.Visualbasicbut nothing there.let suppose I have two string variablesDim var1 as String="123456789"Dim var2 as...

Parallel Operations in .NET using Task Parallel Library

12 Aug 2015 by abhichak

Describing use of Parallel.Invoke and Tasks

Windows 8 app idea

28 Sep 2013 by Abhinav S

It depends on who is holding this contest and in which location.You should go through terms and conditions before proceeding further with this idea.

windows store app setting

2 Feb 2014 by Abhinav S

Try ...

How to lock Screen in windows phone 8

3 Apr 2014 by Abhinav S

Integrating with the Windows Phone 8 Lock Screen[^] might help you.

Windows Phone 8 App development software installation help

2 May 2014 by Abhinav S

How to enable Hyper-V for the emulator for Windows Phone 8[^] should help you in enabling HyperV.

External Hard Disk Show "You Need to format the Drive before use".

19 May 2014 by Abhinav S

I suggest you contact customer support for the PC or the hard disk.If the hard drive is damaged, you might still be under warranty and it may be possible to change it.

While using Windows 8 Pro Tablet ( Thinkpad 2) to capture an image using its Primary camera, the maximum resolution that I get is 640X480. I have tried but could not succeed to get higher...

25 Oct 2013 by AbhinavDAIICT

using Windows.Foundation;using Windows.Media.Capture;using Windows.Storage;using Windows.Storage.AccessCache;using Windows.Storage.Streams;using System.Windows.Controls;using Windows.Media;using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;using System;using...

How do I stop single sign on (SSO) option using Web Authentication Broker

1 Jan 2014 by Abhiroop09

Hi All,I am developing a Windows Store App which requires user to authenticate using Yammer credentials. I have written the following code to achieve the functionalityvar client_id = >; var client_secret = >; string...

4 Sep 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

Touch break and move the game objects

Space3D

4 Sep 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

an app that provides 3D models of Human SpaceFlights

PerCGameBox

13 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

An app that contains heavy dosage of perceptual games

Klubd

18 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

Every Possible solution at one place

21 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

A must app for Tablet Guys!!

IOT Jukebox

26 Oct 2014 by Abhishek Nandy

An Overview of IOT

A sneak peak on Windows Embedded with Galileo

9 Nov 2014 by Abhishek Nandy

simple example of Windows Embedded with Intel Galileo(Stage #2 Windows Embedded)

how to move controls at runtime

28 Nov 2013 by abhishekgoletar

hi there i am wp8 developer i am looking for application with movable controlsmeans any one can rearrange control at run time based on there requirement thank youabhishek goletargoletarabhishek8@live.com

Email client for windows phone 8

28 Nov 2013 by abhishekgoletar

hi there, i have experience about Email client in WP8,also i have worked on it,the problem is only one and trust me it's very big one.how to attach files to email client in wp8,microsft even not provide the stuff for it.....any one has idea about itthanksabhishek...

Shapelib - Maptools 'Unable to Load DLL' - Inconsistency

23 Nov 2013 by Adam Zgagacz

From behavior you described it looks like shapelib.dll is compiled for x64. If that's the case you will not be able to run it on 32 bit machine.

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

Sharing Code Between Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps using MVVM and PCL

31 Mar 2014 by Adil Mughal

This article explains how developers can leverage Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern and .NET Portable Class Libraries (PCL) to create a shared/reusable code for developing apps on Windows Phone and Windows Store platforms.

Windows-Phone-8

Façade Design Pattern

24 Sep 2014 by adityaswami89

Façade design pattern

Don't Lose Your Marbles

23 Aug 2013 by Adrian Akison

App Innovation Game for Lenovo Horizon All-In-One

Expression-blend

Install SQL server in windows 8 tablet

8 Oct 2013 by Adrishya

While searching I found some information that may help you.Try thishttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx[^]

How to record video of current screen programmatically in windows 8 app in c#?

3 Feb 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Yes, you can do that in Windows, and good thing is that there are some good applications for similar process already available too. You can have a look at this MSDN quick-start document[^]. They would let you know, you can easily learn how to use the ScreenCapture object to save the screen...

Testing my own WinRT apps

23 Aug 2012 by agent154

I've read that Enterprise customers are able to side-load their own "Metro" applications without having to go through the Windows Store. That's one positive, but it's extremely saddening that regular consumers cannot have the same benefit.I'm wondering though, if there's a way for me to...

Windows 8 Notification Types

1 Dec 2012 by agent154

I'm wondering if anybody here is aware of the type of notification system in windows 8 that puts a big bar across your screen that you have to dismiss... Not the toast notifications that appear and then go away after a few seconds. Is this possible, or is it reserved for system only messages,...

[Concept] Sending video and audio data between 2 computers c# windows form

30 Nov 2013 by agent_kruger

i would like to know the concept of transferring data between 2 computers over internet.Example code will be appriciated. Thanks In Advance.

Touch events not working properly on windows 8 chrome

20 Nov 2014 by AhmadAhsan

I'm working on a single page application which have a dashboard where kendo ui widgets (pie chart, bar chart, grid etc ) of variable sized are added by user.I have used jQuery shapeshift dynamic grid with drag drop functionality to allow user set widgets order as per his/her...

Can I create Windows 8 xaml app with phonegap

29 Jan 2014 by Ahmed Bensaid

Visual Studio is your friend ;)http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/apps/br229519[^]

Camera Driver not working in Windows 8

22 Aug 2013 by Akmal Abbas Naqvi

I have a dll file called MLScreenCapturePXT.dll , it is used to register the medialooks screen capture driver for flash , When i register this dll in windows 7 the drivers get registered successfully and we can see them in adobe flash camera setting but when i register the same dll in...

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

fat32 pendrive not accesible in windows 8

27 Feb 2014 by alanmaster

The problem I am facing is that no external drive is working in windows even with full administrative rights.You don't currently have permission to access this folder.Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder. Clicking "Continue" causes the follow dialog box:You...

Issue with back button when navigating in Windows Phone 8.1 RT App

29 Dec 2014 by Alex Foster

I have just moved over to making apps for Windows Phone 8.1 using the RT APIs having formerly exclusively used Silverlight for Windows Phone apps.I am creating a basic app with different pages. The main page is just a menu page with a list of buttons that take the user to different pages....

StringFormat.SetDigitSubstitut...

13 Nov 2013 by ALI BAHARI SALIM

Want Use Farsi Number in My Application While Text is Any Language This Code Work in Windows 7 But Not Work In Windows 8 & 8.1. Please Help me. protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) { base.OnPaint(e); SetDigitSubExample(e); }...

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

17 Oct 2013 by Alireza C

I want to show how we can export data from data table to Excel simply.

MFC PowerShells Easily

24 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A very easy way to drive PowerShell console application through MFC

MFC PowerShells Easily: Encrypt and Decrypt

27 Feb 2015 by aljodav

An easy way to encrypt files that are automatically decrypted in the same user account

MFC PowerShells Easily: JSON to HTM (Motivated by a Forum Question)

28 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A simple, short and easy way to display a JSON object in a browser (motivated by a forum question)

The Dew Review – Intel Next Generation Ultrabook™ with Windows 8: Initial Impressions

5 Sep 2012 by Alvin Ashcraft

Ultrabook initial impressions.

The Dew Review – Intel Next Generation Ultrabook™ with Windows 8: A Final Look

21 Nov 2012 by Alvin Ashcraft

This is my third and final review of the Intel Ultrabook.

The Dew Review - DevExpress Universal 14.2.4

18 Feb 2015 by Alvin Ashcraft

This year I have been looking at and starting to use several components from the Universal 14.2.4 release.

Windows 8 – background Processing

13 Jan 2014 by ambilykk

Article explain the importance of background processing in Windows 8 Store App development and how to create a background process in Windows 8 Store App

change font on windows phone 8

31 Jul 2014 by amr mustafa

Hi..i want to change font..on windows phone 8 application..and i add this code to APP.XAML/masbaha;component/GE_SS_Text_Light.ttf#GE SS Text Light and i change the font properties>> build action to Embedded resource...copy output...

converting tiff image into jpeg in windows 8 RT apps

27 Jun 2013 by anand89

I am trying to convert a tiff image into jpeg in windows 8 RT. I have a tiff image which contains multiple images. Now i want to convert them in separate jpeg format. I am working with a code but it is not working. it is not showing any exception but also i am not getting any thing. On debuging...

How to run video coming in rss feed in window 8 embedded player

21 Oct 2013 by anand89

Hii,I am creating a window 8 app. I have a rss feed url through which i am getting data in xml format. In the data i have description tag in which video url is present. but it is not working in embedded player. When I am opening the url in browser, a website is open and video play in that...

How to extract audio in mp3 format from youtube video url

28 Dec 2014 by anand89

Hi, I am creating an app in window 8. I have to convert the youtube video into mp3 format. How I can extract the audio from youtube video. I tried with YoutubeExtractor but it is not installing in window 8 giving the version error. So there is any other way to do this task?Thank You!

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

30 Jun 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

WinRT / WinJS Mixed Mode Debugging

13 Jun 2013 by Anas Karkoukli

A small tip for debugging WinRT component calls from WinJS applications

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

Using Windows 8 Interaction Context for Processing Touch Input in a .NET WinForms App

16 Jun 2013 by Andrey Dryazgov

Introduces a managed wrapper for the Interaction Context API and provides a consistent way for processing touch input in a managed desktop app for WinForms.

Hello B4A: Develop Native Android Apps using Visual Basic Syntax

8 Nov 2016 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Using Basic4Android, develop your first Android Native App

How to Install Windows 8.1 on Mid-2009 Macbook Pro

3 Nov 2013 by Aniruddha Loya

How to install Windows on Macs?

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

4 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

This Error Occur When A Web Service Funtion Call.

11 Mar 2014 by ankitkamdar

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How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

SQL-Server-2008R2

3D effects in Windows Store App

2 Feb 2014 by AnobikDey

A description of how images and other controls can be rotated and used to give 3d Effect in Windows Store Apps

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Extended Windows Service Controller

3 Oct 2013 by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

How to find and play videos downloaded and (possibly encrypted) by an Android App or Windows app

9 Nov 2015 by AnujSethi

Hi All,There is an App which features downloading their videos for offline viewing via their Android and Windows app. I was wondering where does this app saves these videos and if they are encrypted, how to decrypt and play them?I am a programmer but I know nothing about Android/windows...

Modern Scrapbook

24 Jul 2013 by apmyhr

Touch enabled application for creating scrapbooks from social service hosted pictures.

Using only TCP/IP for connecting to SQL Server 2008 and Changing the SQL Server 2008's default TCP/IP port

9 Apr 2014 by Aqeeel

Implementing security in SQL Server by only allowing TCP/IP Network Protocol and changing default TCP port

SQL-Server-2008R2

21 Jan 2015 by Arpankumar Rank

MixUp Puzzle! Is a Memory Power Game. It can be played by anybody especially kids.

Windows 8 Metro UI For Websites: Menu V1

30 Jan 2014 by Arpit Jain

Windows 8 Metro UI for websites

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

7 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

Windows Phone 8 Support TAPI dll

7 Jun 2013 by ashishguptajhansi

Hi, I want to know that windows phone 8 support TAPI(Telephony Application Programming Interface) or there is any way to find out the call states in windows phone 8.Call state means Outgoing call,Incoming call,Call on Hold.If there is any way or solution.Please reply me ASAP.Thanks in...

Windows phone 8 apps--Image swiping

2 Jul 2013 by ashok krishna

hi,I have to Swipe the images in windows phone 8 apps without any panorama or pivot control.i am using the "Flick" event for the swiping images. images changing perfectly. but animation is not applied. that means swiping animation is not coming.Please suggest us.

Windows phone 8 apps --Facebook integration

2 Jul 2013 by ashok krishna

Hi,I just want to integrate My wp8 app with face book. for that i am using"ShareLinkTask" class. like below ShareLinkTask shareLinkTask = new ShareLinkTask(); shareLinkTask.Title ="title"; shareLinkTask.LinkUri = new...

Windows phone 8 apps --Pdf file reading using Webbrowser

2 Jul 2013 by ashok krishna

hi,i need to display PDF file in Web browser control .Ex: webBrowser1.IsScriptEnabled = true; webBrowser1.Navigate(new Uri("http://178.239.16.28/fzs/sites/default/files/dokumenti-vijesti/sample.pdf", UriKind.Absolute));But here when i run the code then web...

Getting Started with Mean Stack

23 Dec 2015 by Ashwin. Shetty

Writing your first app using Mean Stack (M = MongoDB, E = Express.JS, A = Angular.JS and N = Node.js)

Porting from 32 bit to 64 bit

17 Feb 2014 by Ashwin2013

Hi CPs,When I bought my laptop I made the mistake of installing a 32-bit win7 and I've been running it for the last 6 months. Now I have a lot of data in C:\ drive and I want to port to 64 bit. I know I have to take a backup and flash the drive and do a clean(Custom) install. But is there...

Google Maps API on Windows Store App 8.1

30 Dec 2014 by Atyant Srivastava

Integration of Google map to Window Store App

How do I use WinPcap in a VS2012 project

2 Feb 2014 by Aweiwei_

include the header files..contains the lib in you project..then enjoy using winpcaplook at herehttp://www.winpcap.org/docs/docs_412/html/group__wpcapsamps.html[^]

Packet Capture and Analyser

8 Nov 2013 by Aydin Homay

HiFrom here you can fine open source packet sniffer from vb6 it can be really useful for you ;-)

Creating Animated Gradient in Windows Store App Without Using ColorAnimation

13 Oct 2015 by Azim Zahir

This tip explains how you can create animated gradients in a Windows store app using DispatcherTimer.

A Text Editor App in Windows Store

8 Feb 2016 by Azim Zahir

This is a Text Editor App for Windows 8.

Will my description be private?

1 Oct 2012 by B. Clay Shannon

I would like to join the contest, but I don't want my idea/app description to be "borrowed." Can I be assured that nobody else (besides the project administrators) will see it? IOW, I don't want the world at large/other developers to see it.

Windows-Phone-8

A Simple C++ Profiler on x64

5 Aug 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam

A Simple Profiler for C++ apps on x64 platform

C++11 Concurrency

30 Dec 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam

Various features supporting Concurrency in C++11

multi-threading

filter flights by arrival Time

11 Dec 2012 by bado2015

I need Filter Flights by arrival Time when I click filter and enter for example 12 Am get all flights that arrive on 12 Amif u have table for flight with arrival time e.g : flight number place time 205 London 12 am 708 German ...

SW_HIDE doesn't work with ShellExecute on windows 8 and IE10

14 Oct 2012 by Barakat S.

I can't tell what szTemp is used for, but If you are trying to open a web page, just simply type:HINSTANCE hInstance;hInstance = ShellExecute(NULL, TEXT("open"), TEXT("http://www.google.com.sa/"), NULL, NULL, SW_HIDE);This code invokes the default web browser, many people use...

How I Can Use Windows Phone Http Client And Call A Web_Api Asp.Net

5 Feb 2015 by BARHOUMI_Haythem

i recently cretae my project in asp.net mvc5 with a web api controller using entity framework and now i want to call this webAPI from windows phone http client .Any one have a suggest or any idea can helps me.Thanks,RegardsHaythem BARHOUMI

Download Manager for a webkit engine based webbrowser

31 Aug 2013 by Bart de Lange

Hello All,we (a couple of friend and myself) are currently working on a web browser with a webkit based webengine (like chrome or safari).but we came across a problem.the file downloader isn't working correctly, so we made a own download manager.but that one doesn't work either.we...

using oauth2 in windows 8 application

7 Jul 2013 by bbirajdar

Start from here OAuth 2.0 using C#[^]

RadialControls - Normal Controls, BenT

17 Jul 2015 by Ben Thorner

A tutorial on RadialControls - a library of circular controls for Windows 8 Apps.

[Solved]How i transfer web service list to windows 8 app?

24 Jun 2013 by berkayerdi

[WebMethod]public List getParameters() { DataSet ds = new DataSet(); string connect = "Data Source=BERKAY-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Hastahane;Integrated Security=True;"; SqlConnection deneme = new SqlConnection(connect); ...

I need some help about DispatcherTimer[SOLVED]

10 Jul 2013 by berkayerdi

DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);timer.Tick += timer_Tick; // i take some error here. "Doesn't exist in the current context"timer.Start();I take errors about "timer.Tick += timer_Tick". What should I make there? Add some "using"...

I need some help about Search Content Win 8 App

16 Jul 2013 by berkayerdi

I add Search to Declarations. And I add search contract from new item. But I run the program, click search(on charms), insert some word and press enter. But the word which is I entered isn't come in to QueryText. How I Solve this? My project is nearly finish but I cant do this "search". public...

How I can use m3u8 on metro App?

19 Jun 2014 by berkayerdi

I can play mp4,wma etc. with MediaElement like this;media.Source = new Uri("link.mp4");media.Play();How Can I play m3u8 on metro app? It cant be like this;media.Source = new Uri("link.m3u8");media.Play();Thanks in advance.

How do I my program's keep working in the background?

9 Jul 2014 by berkayerdi

Hi,I am developing windows 8 program. My program plays video. When i minimized(Windows key + D || Alt + Tab ) my program and click to open again After I was hoping to continue. But it restarts. I need program's keep going. How can I make it?Thanks in advance.

Can I Bind items from the List?

4 Aug 2014 by berkayerdi

public async Task> Load() { _n++; var categories = await NewsLoader.LoadNewsAsync(); return categories; } protected async override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e) { var x...