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A WinRT CollectionView class with Filtering and Sorting

by Bernardo Castilho

The article presents an ICollectionView class that supports filtering and sorting.

Toob - London Underground travel app

by Graham Odds

Toob is a Windows 8 London Underground travel information app.

UPnP code for Windows 8

by ljw1004

How to use UPnP on Windows 8

Introduction to HoloLens Development with UWP

by Joel Ivory Johnson

In this article I take a look at setting up a system for HoloLens development, the compatibility of the applications with other UWP platforms, and introduce Unity for making a 3D application

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WinRT

Navigate between 3 Sites with Parameters

11 Mar 2013 by Abhinav S

You should be able to use URL Parameters.How to: Access URL Parameters in a Routed Page[^] should help you get started.This might help you as well - http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/020205-1.aspx[^].

Maximum resolution problem while capturing image through my C# app on Windows 8 Tablet

25 Oct 2013 by AbhinavDAIICT

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 resolution. Please suggest a workaround. using Windows.Foundation;using Windows.Media.Capture;using...

How Do I Display/Show a Textblock In Front of a MediaElement in Fullscreen?

17 Dec 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Since the IsFullWindow property has to put all other controls to the background, there is no way for you to do this. But yes, there is a way to do this, because many other Media players such as VLC media player makes a use of such technique, to show the subtitles on screen in the Full Window...

Building camera app with library in Windows 10

25 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain Windows.Media.Capture namespace's MediaCapture element and how it can be used in Windows Runtime to create applications that make use of camera, for capturing photos and videos. Plus, the article shows how to capture the list of photos or videos that are recorded for p

Tackling text-to-speech and generating audio file in Windows Store Apps

26 Dec 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, you will learn how to perform text-to-speech actions in Windows Runtime for Windows Store applications, also how to store the speech stream in a waveform file format on your machine.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Experimenting with C# 6’s New Features

23 Jan 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

C# 6 has been available for a long time, by now! Many developers have written many guides to "list" the features. I have written this post to explain those features, and to explain whether they are actually new or are they just sugar coating to the compiler.

What Windows Runtime Can Teach .NET Developers?

6 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

What Windows runtime can teach .NET developers

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...

Unable to see WriteableBitmapEx in project using WriteableBitmapEx.WinRT

15 Mar 2013 by AghaKhan

I would like to add WriteableBitmapEx lib in my Window Store Application. I just just looked with Manage NuGet packages find and found WriteableBitmapEx and installed it. No problem.C# project.I checked my References and there I can see WriteableBitmapEx.WinRT. Even I was able to see in...

Unable to see WriteableBitmapEx in project using WriteableBitmapEx.WinRT

25 Mar 2013 by AghaKhan

WriteableBitmapEx is extension to WriteableBitmap. So just use as WriteableBitmap image.It works finevoid MainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { WriteableBitmap writeableBmp = new WriteableBitmap(512, 512); ...

Link error LNK2019 on Window store Application

18 Dec 2013 by AghaKhan

I am working on C++ Window store application where I need a dll.#pragma onceusing namespace Windows::Foundation;namespace MyText{ public ref class Class1 sealed { public: Class1(); int Add(int x, int y); };}If I remove Add function then...

Adding Grid to Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls::Control

19 Dec 2013 by AghaKhan

I have a created control in code behind and would like to add a Grid element. How this can be done!

Call from DLL (Window Runtime component)

25 Dec 2013 by AghaKhan

I have a store application where I am using a control from DLL (Based on Window Runtime component). My all View Models are in that DLL. In that DLL there is timer which updates the view (UI) and get exception "Called from different thread". I am not sure how to resolve this proble.

Call from DLL (Window Runtime component)

26 Dec 2013 by AghaKhan

private CoreDispatcher _dispatcher = null; public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; private async Task UIThreadAction(Action act) { await _dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () => act.Invoke()); } ...

Winrt listview scroll to any item via code?

5 Feb 2016 by Ajit Hegde

I have 4 subjects. Each subject has 500 questions. Once program loads settings it will give you an option to choose subject. Once user selects a subject it will load the list of questions. If question is solved then it is shown as green. I am trying to scroll to unsolved questions...

Winrt listview scroll to any item via code?

6 Feb 2016 by Ajit Hegde

I don't know what the problem was. But I found out that if you call ScrollIntoView from an event it will work.So I created Layout_Updated event. Called the ScrollIntoView from that event.

Saving User Content in WinRT

4 Jan 2013 by Alex Großmann

Hi :)well, I like to write some Apps to learn more about WinRT....I only used databases and usual textfiles to save content which was given by the user (f.E. his adress information). Now I like to know if there are new or let´s say more modern methods to save user content, specialy in...

Size of the WinRT Roaming Folder

11 Jan 2013 by Alex Großmann

Hello!I need your help guys and girls :-).I´m messing around with Win RT to make some apps....well, I like to use the roaming folder to store some textfiles. So, I´ve read that it (the roaming folder) can only be 100kb at all?! this is not much, and some textfiles will be bigger then that?...

Win RT: the right Event Handler for the Textbox...

16 Jan 2013 by Alex Großmann

Hi my friends,well, I need your help with finding the right event for the textbox here... I like to let the user write some information in it, when he presses enter it should be added to a label. well thats easy, but which is the right event for touch input? could anyone please help me...

Adding Rows to a Grid via code

11 Feb 2013 by Alex Großmann

Hello :-)I hope you can help me out again.So I´m about to writing a WinRT App with C# and XAML.Let me make an example what it should doing:We see 3 Labels, 3 Textboxes and a Addbutton: Name | Surname | Birthday TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | AddbuttonNow I type in my...

Navigate between 3 Sites with Parameters

11 Mar 2013 by Alex Großmann

Hello dear experts :-),Well I got 3 Sites. Lets Call them A,B and C.The user must give some informations on site A. These informations goes to Site B, where the user can select a recipe or something from site C (Site C is ja Catalog, and should return a single string)....now, how can I...

How can I access a web page protected with username password and show it in webview.

7 Dec 2013 by Amir Hamza Md. Kayes

Use forms authentication. First, you create a login page and use this page for forms authentication. Then store the Identity in HttpContext.Current.User for further use from any where of your application.

How can we merge a video and audio file in windows 8 app?

2 Apr 2015 by anandblitz

Check the below link and see if it helps.https://www.leadtools.com/blog/multimedia-imaging/how-to-combine-video-audio-separate-sources/

WinRT / WinJS Mixed Mode Debugging

13 Jun 2013 by Anas Karkoukli

A small tip for debugging WinRT component calls from WinJS applications

How Do I Access Files Using Path In Winrt App For Media Playlist And Library Features

1 Dec 2015 by Ankush Jamdagani

Hell there! I am new to winrt and i was planning on developing a winrt app for a simple media player that would play audio/video, create playlist and have media library.As i was thinking i would make a playlost class and serialize it when a playlist is saved. This playlist class would be...

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

I want to Implement zooming feature in my user control

3 Mar 2015 by Apoorv Kumar Upadhyay

I have created a user control . The user control has an image control inside. Presently I am using WriteableBitmapEx and cropping the background image and displaying inside the user control .The actual requirement is to zoom in the pixels where ever the user control moves without compromising...

how to capture post request going out from web view control windows rt

21 Oct 2013 by ArvindKumarG

how can we capture post request going out from web view control in Windows RT? does anybody has any idea?Thanks

How to play youtube videos in Media Element in Metro app

17 Apr 2013 by Ashish679

How to play youtube videos in media element. I don't want to embed youtube player in my applicaiton using web browser control

How can I instantiate a Callisto CustomDialog?

26 Oct 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

I've got a Callisto CustomDialog in my MainPage.xaml: ...

How can I return just one column value rather than the entire C# class/SQLite table?

30 Oct 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

I have this code in my WinRT app:internal static List GetPhotosets(){ List psets = new List(); using (var db = new SQLite.SQLiteConnection(App.DBPath)) { // Does SQLite support "DISTINCT"? string sql =...

Is there an event for when an appbar displays?

16 Nov 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

I want to conditionally disable/enable buttons on the bottom app bar, but there doesn't seem to be an "Opened" or "Opening" event or the like.How can I respond to the opening of the appbar so I can disable/enable these buttons based on the app's current state?

A WinRT CollectionView class with Filtering and Sorting

30 Sep 2014 by Bernardo Castilho

The article presents an ICollectionView class that supports filtering and sorting.

Picture coloring modified when inserting into video frame

4 Nov 2013 by Bill_Hallahan

It appears that red and blue are swapped.Some image formats, such as the BMP format, store 8-bit colors in BGR order.Other formats are RGB.Try swapping the red and blue colors.

WinRT Apps Exception Logging

2 Dec 2013 by Borja Prado

WinRT Apps exception logging with WinrtErrLog and Google Spreadsheets.

Windows Phone 8.1 Media Editing API

10 Jul 2014 by Borja Prado

Windows Phone 8.1 Media Editing API

Windows-Phone-8

How to Bind to a custom propery in WinRT?

12 Mar 2013 by Boudi AlSayed

How to bind a color in XAML to my custom UserControl properties (And not default properties, the properties that I've made)

Rudimentary Way to Make a WinRT Component Object Bindable in WinJS

15 Oct 2013 by Caleb McElrath

When projecting a WinRT Component object to WinJS, I kept running into an exception saying that the WinRT object could not be extended. This post will briefly describe how I got around this issue.

Deploying a Windows Runtime Component Project as a Visual Studio Extension SDK

3 Jan 2013 by Carlos Henrique Rodrigues Araújo

This article aims to supply a need for more detailed information on how to deploy a Windows Runtime component project as a Visual Studio Extension SDK.

Picture coloring modified when inserting into video frame

4 Nov 2013 by Casey Sheridan

So I'm working on a WinRT app in VB.NET that takes images and makes a video (.wmv) out of them. Since this is not achievable from .NET alone, I'm using a C++ library from here: blogs.msdn.com[^]I finally got a video file outputted but was disturbed to note a discoloring of the frames.(See...

Picture coloring modified when inserting into video frame

4 Nov 2013 by Casey Sheridan

I finally found an alternative to using WriteableBitmap to export to a byte array.I started using this function to do that:Public Async Function ImageFileToByteArray(file As StorageFile) As Task(Of [Byte]()) Dim stream As IRandomAccessStream = Await...

How to create a graph control in window8.1 store app xaml

26 Mar 2014 by CGN007

Decided to use telerik controls.Thanks for ur responses.

nested custom controls in windows8.1 xaml

26 Mar 2014 by CGN007

I need to create some custom controls in windows8.1 and also add some validation to it. I would like keep this validations as separate part and apply that to each the custom control. Is it possible to do this.Can any suggest a way to achieve this.Thanking you,CGN

Link error LNK2019 on Window store Application

20 Dec 2013 by CPallini

Change fromQuote:int Add(int x, int y);toint Add(int x, int y){return (x+y);}And the compiler will bless you.

Automatically Incrementing the Package.appxmanifest Version Number

28 Aug 2015 by Daniel Vaughan

When submitting a UWP or WinRT app to the Windows Store, you must increase the Version number of the package or the submission will fail. It can be a chore to manually update the version number.

How to change Hostname of a system by C++/C#

30 Jun 2015 by Darshan VC

I want to change the hostname(NetBios) by code in C++/C#. The operating system is windowsRT 8.1I searched a lot but did not find any api for the same.SetComputerName will not work on WinRT

How to share my images in facebook using html5,javascript

23 Nov 2014 by Darshana Dinushal

I am currently developing a simple html5 photo editing app.This application save edited images and then i don't know how to share this image to Facebook , twitter etc

How to play youtube videos in Media Element in Metro app

17 Apr 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

You don't. It's a violation of YouTube Terms of Service to play the content in anything other than their player.Straight from their TOS:Quote:4. General Use of the Service—Permissions and RestrictionsYouTube hereby grants you permission to access and use the Service as set forth in...

which Embedded DB with best with windows runtime component using c#

8 Feb 2014 by Dave Kreskowiak

Were you planning on writing your own database engine?? Windows has a small, limited database engine built into it, called the Extensible Storage Engine[^]Your problem is that there is no .NET wrappers that I know of to make using that engine easier in your code. You'd have to implement...

Get macaddress or unique id for raspberry pi using VB universal application

7 Oct 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

A MAC address is not a unique identifier. The specification for MAC addresses just says that the id must be unique on the segment the network adapter is connected to. It is not a globally unique id.The best way to go about something like this is to assign a unique id to the device from your...

Using JavaScript frameworks from your C#/UWP application

2 Dec 2015 by David Catuhe

Thanks to Chakra (the JavaScript engine used by Microsoft Edge), it is now possible to host one of the fastest JavaScript engines (and also the one with the highest support of ECMAScript 6) inside any Universal Windows Platform application.

WinRT Customize ItemDetailPage

25 Jan 2013 by delibey

problem is you can use Listbox TextBlock and any other etc. in Flipview ItemdetailPage if you you DataTemplated. but What ever you add "ListBox" Lıke me in DataTemplate in Flipview ItemDetailPage. That ListBox is not recognize from code behind why ? I put ListBox in flipview and ı tryed to...

is there a way to launch Bing Vision from WinJS/WinRT in windows phone 8.1

28 Sep 2014 by Dinesh Kumar Reddy

I am working on a windows phone 8.1 app using WinJS.I need to scan a QR Code and I am thinking of launching Bing Vision lens from my app. I checked the url association is not available for camera.Alternatively, I used File Open picker, so that I can use the camera button to launch camera,...

Windows-Phone-8

windows 8.1 project run on windows 8?

10 Feb 2014 by Dnyaneshwar@Pune

No higher version product can not run on lower version without making any changes.....

How can I return just one column value rather than the entire C# class/SQLite table?

30 Oct 2014 by Dominic Burford

In your original version can you not just select the required column(s) using LINQ. Change the name of the column to the appropriate one.var setnames = (from a in psets select a.SetName).ToList();return setnames;

Create a application which can support Windows 7, WinRT, Win8 and Windows Mobile

11 Jan 2013 by Doris Chen

Hi,You may want to consider to develop your application in HTML5/JavaScript and use App Frameworks like AppMobi(appmobi.com) or PhoneGap(phonegap.com) to deploy to multiple platforms, like Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone, and Windows 7 Phone. These frameworks are supporting apps to be cross...

Testing my own WinRT apps

16 Jan 2013 by Doris Chen

You can sideload LOB Windows Store apps apps on devices running Windows RT and on devices running Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 Enterprise, or Windows® 8 Pro. Distributing apps outside store is possible after complying to the prerequisites listed in this MSDN...

How to resume the app with another page then the suspended?

27 Aug 2015 by dtoth2

Hi, I need to ask for a passcode every time the app was suspended (and resumed), so I have to show a corresponding page, and after the user enters the pin proceed the app resuming to the page which was shown before suspending. How can I get the page to which I have to proceed? The App.Resume...

Windows-Phone-8.1

StackWalk64: Don't know how to fill-in the STACKFRAME64 variable for WinRT processor

27 Jun 2013 by egiogli

Hi,I am currently using StackWalk64 to get stack on win 8 and winRT(ARM processor).It is working fine on win 8, but I don't know how to fill-in the variable with the structure STACKFRAME64 in order to make StackWalk64 working on WinRT.I am using the following piece of code, and I am...

Explain WinRT Development doubts?

22 Feb 2013 by ERLN

hi ,WinRT is native. fine.Is any book for that ?How to start learning WinRT ?What components we need to install to work with WinRT ?Developing WinRT with Windows 7 + Visual Studio 2012 is enough ? or whethere We Must Need windows 8 ?ExplainRegardsLakshmi Narasimman

Explain WinRT Development doubts?

24 Feb 2013 by ERLN

Above solutions are fine. Is any books on WinRT?

Drawing in metro style application

25 Jun 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Hello,I m developing paint like application for windows 8. I have tried but I can't even developed even a line drawing tool. My application will have free hand tool, line, rectangle, ellipse, circle drawing tool, erasor. I am using canvas tool for drawing.So please guide me with some...

Erasing the content from canvas

27 Jun 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Hi, I am developing a paint like application in metro style. I want to apply a eraser functionality. So how can I make such a tool for erasing the content from canvas like we do in MS paint ?I don't want to clear whole canvas, wherever I click or drag the pointer, the path traveled by the...

saving canvas as image in metro style app with XAML/C#

28 Jun 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Hi, I am developing a paint like application in metro style with XAML/C# . I want to save whatever content is drawn on canvas as image. I have checked this solutions but it didn't helped me.Save canvas to bitmap[^]WPF/XAML: Saving a Window or Canvas as a PNG Bitmap[^]So how can I...

saving canvas as image in metro style app with XAML/C#

28 Jun 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Thanks Jαved, but I want the solution for XAML/C# canvas element not for HTML5/JS canvas.

Need sample application explaining use of WriteableBitmapEx for winrt or wpf

28 Jun 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

I need sample application explaining use of WriteableBitmapEx for winrt or wpfI have checked the codeplex but I am not getting any output in my metro application.

Metro Paint

6 Nov 2013 by Farhan Ghumra

A Metro style app for basic drawing feature.

hand writing recognition in c# metro style app

8 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Hi, I am developing a note taking application in C#/XAML. I want a user to write anything on canvas with InkManager of "Windows.UI.Input.Inking". Then I want to display it as text onto canvas and then I want to save those recognized text in either text or image format.I have checked MSDN[^]...

hand writing recognition in c# metro style app

10 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Here is my solution IReadOnlyList text; string finalt = ""; private async void Recognize_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { IReadOnlyList x = await _inkManager.RecognizeAsync(InkRecognitionTarget.All); ...

Does iTextSharp support Windows Metro Apps?

16 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Does iTextSharp support Windows Metro Apps?I am trying to create PDFs from a C# Metro App, but PdfWriter.GetInstance requires some arguments which is not available in WinRT.Any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated!

getting “Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00DABE0” in MediaCapture sample of C#/XAML metro app

22 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

I have checked this MediaCapture[^] sample. I tried to record audio but when I press "StartDevice" button, I got "Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00DABE0". My audio device is working perfectly, I have checked with Windows 8's built in sound recording app. Can anyone please help me to sort out this...

How to put bookmark onto slider while timeline marking in c#/xaml metro app

22 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Hi, I have checked this[^] sample. It shows me TimeLineMarker API. Now when I press button "Add Marker" at that time markers are added and text block shows the markers, on which time it was added. Now I want to display those markers onto Slider control in the form of any sign like any shape or...

Drawing in metro style application

22 Jul 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

i have successfully developed my app, you can check Metro Paint[^]

getting “Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00DABE0” in MediaCapture sample of C#/XAML metro app

8 Aug 2012 by Farhan Ghumra

Finally got the solution myself, I changed this line:await m_mediaCaptureMgr.InitializeAsync();to this:await m_mediaCaptureMgr.InitializeAsync(settings);

Disable WebView scrolling in Windows Store Apps

31 Jan 2014 by Farhan Ghumra

Interacting With Outlook Calendar Using Live SDK

22 Jun 2015 by Fiyaz Hasan

Building an outlook calendar app for windows phone using Live SDK

Windows-Phone-8

How to wait for all the tasks done in windows8

26 Nov 2012 by FoolGuy007

I have multiple tasks in my project, and I want a method executed when all the tasks done, how to do that? like Task.WhenAll, but I don't know how to use it.

drag item between groups in grouped gridview

10 Dec 2012 by FoolGuy007

I have a grouped gridview, I want to drag item between different groups to modify the item dynamically. Any ideas?

Create a application which can support Windows 7, WinRT, Win8 and Windows Mobile

14 Jan 2013 by FrankLavigne

Alternatively, you may want to think about moving as much logic as possible to the cloud. Each client app would just "paint the glass" on the specific platform, leaving you with just a presentation layer to run across all the platforms.In terms of richness, you do lose out in HTML, as...

exception in geolocation Window 8 WinRT

24 Jan 2013 by FrankLavigne

Hi,Did you add location as a capability in the app manifest?Thanks,Frank// Frank La Vigne / US Public Sector Developer Evangelist // 30 To Launch Sign up at http://bitly.com/30ToLaunchWin8// @tableteer / http://www.FranksWorld.com

how to set up azure mobile service to deliver periodic updates to a windows 8 (store) App?

24 Jan 2013 by FrankLavigne

Hi,Here's a quick backgrounder on Azure Mobile Services and Windows 8 Store apps.http://devhammer.net/blog/building-back-end-data-and-services-for-windows-8-apps-adding-push-notifications[^]Hope that helps.Thanks,Frank// Frank La Vigne / US Public Sector Developer...

drag item between groups in grouped gridview

24 Jan 2013 by FrankLavigne

Hi,Check out this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/going_metro/archive/2012/07/16/drag-and-drop-within-a-grouped-grid-view.aspx[^]It goes into details enabling drag and drop in a Grouped Grid View.Thanks,Frank// Frank La Vigne / US Public Sector Developer Evangelist // 30...

Launching a form application in metro style app through LaunchFileAsync

5 Mar 2013 by FrankLavigne

Launching an executable from a Windows Store app is blocked for security reasons.You wouldn't want to download an app from the Store and just have it kick off any process it wanted to. :)There might be workarounds, but an app that does that would never make it past the Certification...

Unable to download file having Uri scheme file:// in winRT

5 Mar 2013 by FrankLavigne

Have you tried using FilePicker and have the user point to a specific path on the network?The file protocol has certain security restrictions. What about making that file accessible via one of the supported protocols?Thanks,FrankSign up at http://bit.ly/30ToLaunchWin8 for free...

Do i need to place my App in Windows Store to avail WNS Service?

5 Mar 2013 by FrankLavigne

Yes, in order to get a GUID for the app that WNS will recognize, you'll need to have the app in the Store.I can ask around inside of Microsoft.Thanks,Frankhttp://bit.ly/30ToLaunchWin8[^]

Need sample application explaining use of WriteableBitmapEx for winrt or wpf

3 Jul 2012 by Fun@learn

Check the sample application present with the library. They are very helpful to understand how to use, tweak the library.This library is excellent. Bitmap operations are not supported natively, but these guys did all the hard work to make it simpler for others.Major reason for this...

Window 8 device as a Bluetooth Smart server/Peripheral

26 Oct 2013 by gholder

The iPhone can mimic a Bluetooth smart client or server device. I would like to duplicate this function on a Windows 8 app. I can see how to perform the Bluetooth client with the new Gatt APIs, but I do not see how to access the layers required to allow the Win8 device to be a Bluetooth smart...

nested custom controls in windows8.1 xaml

26 Mar 2014 by girishmeena

Just quick search provided me this http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev/archive/2012/10/15/building-a-custom-control-using-xaml-and-c.aspx[^]Reusing controlsWhen you only want to use a control in a single project or for your own personal use, there isn’t much to think about in terms of...

Consume a C++/WinRT Runtime Component in a Win32 Application - Part 1

12 Jan 2022 by Giuseppe Pischedda

Introduction to C++/WinRT

Generating Anagrams at Breakneck Speed

9 Mar 2017 by Graeme_Grant

A documented journey looking for the fastest solution for generating valid Anagrams for the Weekly Code Project Challenge...

Toob - London Underground travel app

4 Oct 2012 by Graham Odds

Toob is a Windows 8 London Underground travel information app.

Custom Media Sink for Use with Media Foundation Topologies and WinRT/WRL MediaCapture

26 Dec 2015 by Gregory Morse

Custom Media Sink for use with Media Foundation Topologies and WinRT/WRL MediaCapture

Techniques for automating logos, screenshots, language strings in Windows Store Apps

13 Mar 2016 by Gregory Morse

Code methods for capturing and automating multilingual and imaging aspects for sound store deployments

Using the WebView Control's navigateToLocalStreamUri from WinJS/JavaScript

25 Feb 2016 by Gregory Morse

WebView navigateToLocalStreamUri can be used from WinJS/JavaScript with some more advanced coding techniques to wrap a necessary interface

Creating a VirtualizingWrapPanel in XAML WinRT

27 Feb 2016 by Gregory Morse

Deriving VirtualizingPanel and OrientedVirtualizingPanel is not possible in WinRT but using some calculation strategies, an efficient emulation is possible

Serialize and Encrypt an Object using C#

11 Jan 2016 by hans.hinnekint

How to serialize and encrypt an Object using C#

Windows-Phone-8