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Getting Started With SQLite In Windows Store / WinRT Apps

In this blog post I will expand the blog post by Tim Heuer  to include information on how to include and access a pre-populated SQLite database file, maybe...

0 replies - 3540 views - 08/22/12 by Erik Ejlskov Jensen in Articles

Understanding the Windows 8 Metro Grid XAML Project Template

Bruno Terkaly - Developer Evangelist - bterkaly@microsoft.com - How to provide cloud-based, JSON data to Windows 8 Metro Grid Applications – Part 2 ...

0 replies - 3145 views - 06/19/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

NavigationService for WinRT

It was only 1.5 years ago, but it seems already a long time ago that Laurent Bugnion described a “view service” for Windows Phone navigation, commonly know...

0 replies - 1499 views - 06/18/12 by Joost Van Schaik in Articles

Testing a Metro Application Across Two User Accounts

While working on the same machine, I often log in under two different user accounts - one for work and another one for testing with full (Administrator)...

0 replies - 1792 views - 06/17/12 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

Using WinRT On The Desktop To List Metro Apps

Anything about WinRT - How to call WinRT APIs from C# Desktop applications – list the installed Metro packagesAs Jaime Rodriguez detailed in April, Windows 8...

0 replies - 2590 views - 06/17/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

How to Debug a Windows 8 Metro Secondary Tile

I've been working on Chapter 7 of my upcoming book, Designing Windows 8 Metro Applications with C# and XAML. This chapter focuses on tiles and toast...

0 replies - 1977 views - 05/20/12 by Jeremy Likness in Articles

.NET 4.5 Baby Steps, Part 5: Some More Interesting Blocks

Introduction We have seen the IDataFlowBlock, in three different implementations and now we will look at a few more. BroadcastBlock<T> In the...

0 replies - 2313 views - 05/15/12 by Robert Maclean in Articles

The Task: Async and Await in a Windows Runtime World

In my last blog post, I covered how to wrap your arms around the Task class and its relationship to the new async and await keywords. I mentioned that the...

0 replies - 2084 views - 05/15/12 by Jeremy Likness in Articles

Image Cropping In Windows 8 Metro Applications

Among other API changed in WinRT, major changes were introduced to the image manipulation capabilities available in the .NET Framework out-of-the-box. For one...

0 replies - 4955 views - 05/12/12 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

Cocoon - An Easier Way To Develop Windows 8 Applications

Cocoon "Cocoon is a framework to support the development of .Net Windows 8 Metro-style applications, in particular those that link to web...

0 replies - 2880 views - 05/03/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

Windows 8 Development Resources for Everyone

If you are starting with Windows 8 development, but have no idea where to look for tools and additional resources, then look no further. Here is a list of...

0 replies - 3861 views - 03/19/12 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

Porting Visual Studio Achievements for WP to Windows 8 - Getting primary user input

If you missed the previous two articles in the series:Porting Visual Studio Achievements for WP to Windows 8 - Layout and basic bindingsPorting Visual Studio...

0 replies - 2010 views - 03/12/12 by Den Delimarsky in Articles