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20 Mar 2011 by #realJSOP
I think the best way is to store the browse history in your own list, and then you can just go to the URL at the desired list location. I suppose you could call it a breadcrumb list.
27 Jun 2011 by #realJSOP
I suggest running it under the debugger on the PC... Telling us that "it won't run" doesn't tell us squat.EDIT (after comment) ================Are you recompiling the DLL for each platform?
5 Jan 2019 by #realJSOP
What gives you the idea that the GPU on an Android device would be good enough for PC gaming? It would be MUCH cheaper (by hundreds of dollars) to build a desktop box for gaming, than it would be to buy a laptop capable of decent gaming. Not only that, but it would almost infinitely upgradeable...
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.
29 Jan 2011 by 69Icaro
Analyzing the Snake game, we'll study an application for the new Windows Phone 7 platform, focusing on localization, Inversion of Control, navigation, transition effects, triggers, Isolated Storage, audio and we'll also use Blend to create a rounded glowing button, and other things...
3 Aug 2014 by _Asif_
If you really are looking some serious stuff and have passion for it then my advice for you to start with VC++ because it is only VC++ that can you give you most of the flavor, whether its device driver development, desktop applications, web applications, server side applications, mobile...
10 May 2011 by _Madmatt
Hello,I want my users to pick an item from the list picker and after clicking the item, it should be highlighted and play a sound, but it should NOT close the list. Closing the list should only happen when pressing the Back-button.Can someone help me on how to stop the listPicker from...
27 Jun 2011 by _Madmatt
Hey all,I want to share an assembly between my WP7 project and my .NET project (a host program that runs on you PC). I managed to do that, but in my shared assembly I have a Parse() and a ToXml() function for my objects. On the WP7 project this runs fine, but however, on the PC this code...
11 Jul 2011 by _Madmatt
Hello all,What would be the best way to load images in RAM so I can show them quickly without having a delay when it loads the image. For example, an image changes when the mouse is over it, but there is a delay, because the image still needs to be loaded...However, making 10 MemoryStreams...
15 Aug 2011 by aasser
HiSuppose I have these codes:class Friend{ public string Name; public Icon icon;}List myFirends=....;Now i want to show all members of "myFirends" in this pattern in WPF:How is...
20 Sep 2014 by Abdallah Gomah
Here you will find all about prayer time calculation:http://praytimes.org/[^]You will find the calculation method in addition to javascript code and also c# and other languages.
12 Jan 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
You should use LINQ to connect databases to WP7...download the following book it explains everything about databases with WP7:https://www.facultyresourcecenter.com/curriculum/pfv.aspx?ID=8874&c1=en-us&c2=0&Login=[^]don't forget to vote :D
21 Jun 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
Use a pop-up window(with ChildWindow class).and a switch steatment...it well do the same work of a tool tip...a child window contains a TextBlockand switch case of each control with it's own text...
22 Jun 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
don't use "new UriKind("/page1.xaml",UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)"use it like this:new Uri("/page1.xaml",UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)
21 Jun 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
you can't control anything with the camera task..you should open the camera in a canvas inside your apphere is a full solution :http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/wp7/article.php/c19919/Writing-a-Windows-Phone-75-Camera-Application.htm[^]
22 Jun 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
They just announced it....yes it can be upgraded...actually windows phone 8 (7.8 vesion) codename Apollo will be available shortly.
27 Jul 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
Without using the expression blendyou may just use the XAML code to achieve thatCode: ...
7 Feb 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
Simple example of reading RSS feeds from Facebook page using Syndication Library
27 Jul 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
Tips to beat the most common failuers on the App Hub testing process
26 Jul 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
yes it will be upgraded to windows 8 under the name: windows phone 7.8that will be at oct 2012
26 Jul 2012 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
you can't dial service codes from your application with the current version of windows phone...that's to prevent some developers from getting the mac address of windows phone and the SN of itSo this is not possible without a third party library that cannot be trusted
9 Mar 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
Hello guys, i have the following code: private Map map; public SomeFunction(Map map, boolean acsending){ Set mapEntrySet=map.entrySet(); Entry entry; }and i'm trying to convert it to C#, i've read many topics, some suggested that the...
5 Apr 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
I advice you to move your app to Windows Phone 8 platform...see this:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/africaapps/archive/2013/02/25/parsing-json-in-windows-phone-apps.aspx[^]if you want it on windows phone 7 use this package: http://json.codeplex.com/[^]regards
5 Apr 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
here is my solution using only XAML:1- in the headers of the .XAML pageadd this reference:xmlns:i="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Interactivity;assembly=System.Windows.Interactivity"2- for any XAML object you want to set as drag-able use the following code(my example is on...
5 Apr 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
to be more professional you should use the row and column definition property of Grid control.here is a complete example:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.rowdefinition(v=vs.95).aspx[^] if you found that useful please don't forget to mark as solution.Regards
5 Apr 2013 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
for protecting privacy of WP users... Microsoft made the microphone inaccessible from the background agents... it's possible with some hacks but your app will never be published on the store...
25 Jan 2011 by Abhinav S
If you do a search on the internet, you will find tons of samples.Here is one[^].
10 Apr 2011 by Abhinav S
Open the command prompt and run devenv /resetsettings .
3 Apr 2012 by Abhinav S
Windows Phone 7 in 7: Connecting to Web Services[^] should help you get started.WP7 Connect to XML Web Service[^] describes how to connect to an existing web service.Windows Phone 7 Data Access Strategies: Web Services[^] discusses a number of strategies to connect to a web service.
20 Apr 2015 by Abhinav S
Guide on How to preserve state[^] provided here.Another link - Managing Tombstone State in a Windows Phone 7 Application[^].
28 Apr 2015 by Abhinav S
There should be a callback delegate.AddHandler service.GetUserComplete AddressOf GetUserCompleted Then add a method that handles this callback.Private Sub GetUserCompleted(sender As Object, e As ServiceReference1.GetUserCompleteEventArgs) 'Access e.Results hereEnd Sub
25 Jul 2013 by adat7378
I have a wcf data service and windows phone 7 client. I need to take customer signature on phone and save it to database. Can you please suggest a good tutorial or advise? Cannot find anything relevant on Google.Thanks.
31 Jan 2014 by adat7378
My app consumes WCF Data Service. I have disabled the Application Idle Detection Mode. The screen does not go off. But if it is idle for an hour, it becomes unresponsive if an action is chosen which has something to do with Data Service. However the page to page navigation works. Spend hours but...
9 Sep 2011 by Addison-Wesley
This chapter will cover some of the core concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and how they apply to both iPhone and Windows Phone 7 programming
24 Jul 2011 by Ade.Ruyani.Z
heloo...i'm newbie, and i want to create application using database with wp7, but i don't know how to start it, what database used... and script to connect database.can someone or everyone teach me how to do that? step by step... or have some article or tutorrial please...thanks...
26 Jul 2011 by Ade.Ruyani.Z
hello... i've new starting learn windows mobile using wp7,,i get news from forum when i'm googling who preach wp7 is fails product... it's that true?and if true,, how if I wanted to learn windows mobile?
27 Aug 2012 by adipas
hi I want to pull data from the wcf and to display data, i uses the toolkit but not appearance. how to binding item with toolkit; this is my xaml code :
1 Feb 2015 by Aditya_Goud
How to Bind a List View's List Item Property, Here i m trying to have alternate row color , and alternate row left and right alignment (Chat App) , i m trying to use listbox .. is it correct ? how can i achieve this
22 Feb 2015 by Aditya_Goud
How to upload a file in windows phone i mean which controls are used to browse the files (phone Content) are they pre-defined for windows phone or do we need to create manually. Browsing them and uploading them .
20 Apr 2015 by Aditya_Goud
I am making a Windows Mobile Application, i have several pages in it, when i go from one page to other page the values in the previous page are getting erased.. in one of the pages i have a Inkpresenter to make a signature in my app. i need to save that .. and over all i also want to know how to...
22 Apr 2015 by Aditya_Goud
hi, I am making a Windows Phone Application where i need to save a picture to gallery. I am using the following code. the imgview is the imageBut I am getting an Debugg error at var picture = mediaLibrary.SavePicture(fileName, stream); . the filename which i am passing is correct. Do i need...
29 Apr 2015 by Aditya_Goud
hi i am developing an application. i use several message boxes to display messages to user.. like Ok, OKCANCEL etc etc.. now i want to display a Smiley in between the text in messagebox (not a smiley of Text but a smiley in emoji color). Windows phone Has default Smileys in Keyboard .. Can...
3 May 2015 by Aditya_Goud
hi.. i m developing a windows phone application, i am using an inkpresenter control to draw and save as an image.. now i need to draw an animation such as an animation of a ball or a letter say "A" or "B" it has to write the way we write with pen or pencil.. how can we achieve this .. do we...
5 May 2015 by Aditya_Goud
hi i am developing a Windows phone application. where i need to convert speech to text .. i am using the following code .. but a debugg error is facing me .. plz tell me where i am wrong or else do i have any other method .addedID_CAP MICROPHONEID_CAP_SPEECH_REGOGNITIONadded using...
7 May 2015 by Aditya_Goud
here is the perfect link ! the solution is to enable speech recognition in mobile too ! http://www.bjarneryd.se/?p=115[^]
13 May 2015 by Aditya_Goud
Hi , I have a windows pone application i need to play a video file which is included in the project (".WMV ") i am using following code. added using System.Windows.Media;using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;I couldn't able to play the video.. i am not even getting any errors or debug errors...
8 Jun 2015 by Aditya_Goud
I am making a windows phone 8 application, where i use LongListSelector and DatePicker. the LongListSelector is from windows.controlsthe DatePicker is from Windows.phone.Controls.toolkit (Date Picker is not-available in Windows.Controls).** As soon as i Drag and drop DatePicker in my...
16 Jun 2015 by Aditya_Goud
Hi ,I am developing a windows phone application, where i need to use a slide menu .. but it couldn't be possible so i am using the application bar .. I need 3 options under an app bar ICON only but not as an app bar menu ItemsBriefly:when i click an Abb bar ICON, 3 options(options...
21 Jun 2015 by Aditya_Goud
Working methodDelete the existing windows.phone.toolkit in references.. Right click on references.. Select Manage NuGet PackagesGo online and search for windows phone toolkit.. and install it, then add...
9 Oct 2011 by adnama
I am doing a program and i have an object which is working fine with arrows to move forward and arrows to move sideways. Is it possible to use the motion controls on the windows phone 7 and when you tilt it forward it is like pressing the forward button and when you tilt it sideways it's like...
12 Oct 2011 by adnama
I have a bar and I needed to go from -30 to 30 and I was going to use 2 slide bars so that they start both from zero, one goes to the left, and the other starts from zero and goes to the right. I would like them to go separate ways and automatically fill themselves according to a value which is...
14 Oct 2011 by adnama
I am developing a windows phone 7 application, using bing maps and i would like to connect to a gps, not the phone one. any ideas? this is the code. currently i am not connecting to any gps.
3 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
My name is shuvo. I am new to the world of programming.Hello brother, my name is Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan and I have 3 years experience in Programming, Software as well as Web Site development. I would answer your question using the view that I had when I started to write the codes. I am...
21 Jan 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
WebView uses the Internet Explorer engine to render the web pages (or Edge in UWP), to get started you can download the sample provided by Microsoft on GitHub: Windows-universal-samples/Samples/WebView at master · Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples · GitHub[^]. You can also learn more about...
16 Jul 2011 by Ahmedn1
A simple GPS system to locate the current location of the phone
24 Jul 2011 by Alan Boldock
Many available demonstrations and tutorials demonstrate how to play an animation generated in a 3D application. This tutorial demonstrates how to manipulate a 3D model using only the code to find and manipulate Bones within a simple 3D model generated in Blender.
14 Oct 2010 by Alex-1978
Hi,I have a web service which uses additional custom SOAP headers.An ordinary WPF project (when adding service reference) generates corresponding parameters for the methods these headers are declared for, so they are passed as method's parameters on the client side.But in the WP7...
13 May 2013 by Alexander Dymshyts
check this linkhttp://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Implement_timers_in_Windows_Phone[^]
3 Jul 2011 by Alexander Galkin
Provides a sample code for a simple test bench application and compares the performance of two most common embedded databases for .NET: Microsoft SQL CE 4.0 and SQLite.
15 Jan 2011 by Alwyn Jennings-Bramly
I have an App that has a Viewport3D control. The user 'navigates' the Camera around the 3D 'model' using the Keyboard keys. The 3D navigation worked fine until I added a Menu to the App. Is there a way to change the default behaviour of the Menu, so that the Up/Down/Left/Right Arrow...
16 Jan 2011 by Alwyn Jennings-Bramly
Thank you for your suggestions. Approach #1. When deliberately activating the menu there is no problem (the navigation is not affected). When navigating, the menu unfortunately reacts to navigation key-presses but only sometimes.I don't understand your Approach #2. But meanwhile I...
10 Apr 2011 by am.net
Hi All, I trying to set up development environment for WP7, for that i have installed followings: VS2010 express with silverlight 4.0 WP7 development kit WP7 Emulator But when i open visual studio, create new project this time i am not able to see template "silverlight for...
1 Oct 2012 by AM117
Hi guys, I am trying to read a text file that I have included with the project folder itself in a separate folder. I am trying to read this text file and then add each line to a list, each line as a separate item in the list, then I am looking to bind it to a listbox and each listbox item (each...
20 Dec 2012 by aminov
i'm student in 3rd year computer engineering speciality software engineeringand i'm searching for a Training Projects (4 months to 6 months) from 15/02/2012
12 Jun 2013 by amir tarek
i have handheld has Windows CE 5 it has a cable connect to it and usb in the computeri have to connect it to usb to serial converter then connect it to the serial of a computer and send and receive data using it connecting it to the serial port converter is my work i want to know...
18 Mar 2011 by Amit Kumar Tiwari
You need to download and install the Windows Mobile 7 SDK from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=71deb800-c591-4f97-a900-bea146e4fae1&displaylang=en[^]For more details refer to below...
26 Jun 2012 by AmitGajjar
Hi,Check StackOverflow discussion[^] although it's WPF issue but you are also doing the same thing. Check the answer in given link.hope it will solve your problem.thanks-Amit
16 Jan 2014 by Amol Salunkhe
I am creating application for video capturing. But I want live streaming video capturing which can be displayed on website or other windows phone at the time of capturing video. Or Save the video file on server after every 30 sec while capturing the video.
23 Jan 2013 by Anandavel.p
string nav = "http://www.google.com"; webBrowser1.NavigateToString("");can i get url in as string to use in meta tag??? i am using wp7
22 Aug 2012 by Andreju
Everything happens in Windows Phone 7.1 Dev environment.In my MainPage.xaml I have the ListBox:
29 Dec 2011 by Andrew Piotrowski
Windows Phone Emulator requires a DirectX 10 or above capable graphics card with a WDDM 1.1 driver. I assume that you got an error message on first start of the emulator that your graphic adapter isn't capable for all functions the emulatorIf your graphic adapter does not fully support...
9 Feb 2015 by Andrew Whiddett
Creating a scaleable ObservableCollection that supports pagination, async and (for the first time) FULL write operations
4 Dec 2013 by ankit kushwaha
i have some pages in window phone 8 sdk in c#. so i want to randomaze these pages when i click a image or a button. please help me urgent.
31 Jan 2014 by AnobikDey
The article describes how to select all the contacts in Windows Phone 7 and 8
30 Nov 2010 by anshulskywalker
Introduction to building a simple Windows phone 7 application that reads and stores comic feeds in WP7
27 Feb 2014 by Antonio Massafra
Hi,since i wont develop a small app for windows phone 8 that play web radio selecting from a list, i looking for an xml that has many web radio url.Someone can give me any lists please?thank you in advance.Antonio Massafra
5 May 2013 by Anuraj Parameswaran
Using existing database in Windows Phone
19 Dec 2011 by aounali
hi!Im Developing a WindowsPhone 7 App. i want to make a method in my program which sends email to a gmail account , i knew the coding for asp.net but as i m very new to wp7 so i dont knw how to send email from windows phone 7 plateform to gmail account, i m using silverlight app for wp7.can...
17 Feb 2015 by apmyhr
Turn your smartphone into the Eyes and Ears of your Quadcopter drone.
3 Feb 2011 by Arik Poznanski
How to read RSS Items on Windows Phone 7
10 Feb 2011 by Arik Poznanski
Another utility class I wrote to help me search Digg results asynchronously on a Windows Phone 7 application
24 Feb 2011 by Arik Poznanski
Searching Twitter on Windows Phone 7
3 Apr 2011 by Arik Poznanski
This document introduces a helper library for identifying shake gestures by using the accelerometer built into Windows Phone 7 devices.
2 May 2011 by Arik Poznanski
How to manage Tombstone State in a Windows Phone 7 Application
15 Aug 2011 by Arik Poznanski
How to use Windows Phone as Windows 7 Accelerometer sensor
30 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila
Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0
30 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila
Synergy is a platform toolkit that unleashes the power of WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 platforms. In this blog I will discuss the Windows 7 phone part of this library and how it helps to somehow converge development practices to that of WPF and leverage data binding capabilities.
17 Oct 2019 by asitha32
I connected an external USB device to my computer yesterday and after a while, I was told that I could not detect a USB device. This is a big problem for me. I need to fix this quickly. If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know and I would appreciate it Thank you What I have tried: ...
2 Nov 2012 by awaisiq
I am Currently Working on Windows Phone Applications and Also saw this, but it was not meant for Windows mobile. Is there any API That i can Use. I have to Open EPUB Files in my application For Viewing and editing.I am using Silverlight in VS 2010 and C# as backend.
12 Mar 2012 by Azim Zahir
This article decribes how to animate page transitions in Windows Phone 7
14 Jun 2011 by bagus bujangga
Helo all, I need help here code c# for windows phone.just with C# on Windows Phone 7, I can't get value of pixel in image. I was creat code for get pixel value on Windows mobile 6 using VS2008 c# and still work but very slow, here my code.private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs...