Sharing Code Between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/michelotti/archive/2013/02/20/sharing-code-between-windows-8-and-windows-phone-8.aspx I just posted an article on my company’s blog on Sharing Code...
View ArticleWindows 8–WinRT StorageFolder, Hidden Files, .NET, C++, AppContainers, Brokering
I was toying around with some code to sum up file and folder sizes on the disk from a Windows Store app and I hit what was, for me, a little bit of a snag. My first attempt (extracted into a smaller...
View ArticleDotNed podcast: Michaël Hompus over Serious Request en Windows Azure
In deze podcast spreekt Maurice de Beijer met Michaël Hompus over de software die Michaël met enkele collega's geschreven hebben voor de Serious Request actie van 3FM en het Nederlands Rode Kruis. Bij...
View ArticleWindows 8–FlipViews, Data-Bound Items and Item 0
Hamish tweeted at me about a bug published on the Connect system; Now, naturally I’m sure that nothing is being ‘brushed off’ here but I thought that I recognised the scenario and the last time I...
View ArticleWindows Store XAML App–Adding a Privacy Page
A quick post to answer a question that I received from someone around adding a privacy page to a Windows Store app. Why would you need a privacy policy? If you take a look at the page; “Avoiding common...
View ArticleWindows 8 and Windows Phone 8–Application Lifecycles
Mobile devices like phones, slates need operating systems that try and get the best out of the battery power that the device has while providing a fast, responsive experience for the user. The...
View ArticleWindows 8 (or XAML generally): Loading Images with Progress/Fallback Content
I think I may have written something similar to this before but I got asked about loading images from the web and so I thought I’d write something down. It’s a pretty common scenario that you have an...
View ArticleEnsuring your Windows store app knows of a language change
In my working with Windows Store apps, I’ve become increasingly fond/aware of the advantages for app localization. There are a lot of resources out there for you to localize your app using a...
View ArticleEnsuring your Windows store app knows of a language change
In my working with Windows Store apps, I’ve become increasingly fond/aware of the advantages for app localization. There are a lot of resources out there for you to localize your app using a...
View ArticleWindows 8–When Saving Isn’t Saving and Opening Isn’t Opening :-)
In a Windows 8 Store app, it’s pretty easy to put a dialog on the screen that allows the user of your app to save or open a file from/to somewhere. For example, here’s a simple piece of code which...
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