Documentation Issues
First, all of the pages for the UIElement pointer events like PointerPressed now lead to a "content removed" page (and a reference to the JavaScript docs, which is incongruous).Second, the lists of...
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hey there , i am newbie to .net and been an expert java programmer and moving to c#.net as it is similar to java and this get me an opportunity to develop windows 8 app.now all i want to get is c#.net...
View ArticleCan't Get A Developer License For Windows Store Apps
Hello Everyone I have Installed Windows 8 Pro and Visual Studio 2012 RTM Ultimate. When I try to build a Windows Store App I Prompted to Get a Developer License and When I Agree and Use My Account. I...
View ArticleUser Control error in Designer, not in Runtime
HelloI'm working on a C++ Windows 8 app. I am not able to use the Visual Studio 2012 Designer anymore as it has big problems with user controls: It cannot instantiate them, although there is no problem...
View Articleproblems running windows app certification kit
I am trying to run the windows app cert kit and following the steps found online and never get past step 2. The Kit never finds any applications installed? Any suggestions on how to get the Kit to...
View Articleapp closes itself
Hi guys,I am using Windows8 pro 64bit edition on my laptop. I am facing an issue with one app.I have installed a news app from the Microsoft store. For few weeks the app worked fine, and suddenly from...
View ArticleNot able to renew windows developer license on Surface
Hi,I was sideloading my apps on surface and testing them.but my developer license got expired on 25-Jan-13when i tried command Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration it gave error as "you need...
View ArticleThird Party UI Controls List for Windows Store Apps
Hello All,I saw a list of third party UI controls and toolkits providers for windows store apps on microsoft website or msdn. but could not find it again despite i searched for many days, even checked...
View ArticleCan Windows Store App Sleep and Wake?
Can a Windows Store app programmatically put the system to sleep mode, and then at a specific time interval wake it up to continue running the same app without requiring the user to be present to...
View ArticleLoad symbols for profiling?
Hi, similar question to this (I tried the suggested fix, but didn't work):When profiling my VB Windows Store app, the usual .Net library symbols are not being loaded, here is some example output:Loaded...
View ArticleInvalid Markup Error in VS 2012 with custom generic class
I'm using VS 2012 on Win8 Release Preview. I get the following errors whenever I open the below XAML file. The Designer window displays the error "Invalid Markup". And the error list contains the...
View ArticleWhich Certificate Authority should I use for creating an app that will be...
Hi all,I have an app in the Windows 8 App store --- all good so far.Now, an enterpirse version of this app will be distributed directly to organizations who will sideload it onto corporate PCs/Devices,...
View ArticleVS Generated app using Windows Store App template doesn't start
Just downloaded and installed VS 2012 and VS 2012 express and created the default Windows Store App application.Than build it and Start it, the application fail with "Unable to Debug Windows Store...
View Articlewhy I get position coordination(0,0,1,1)(left, top, width, height) with...
I try to use IAccessible->accLocation to get some child element's position information in some metro applications like "finance", why I get position coordination(0,0,1,1)(left, top, width, height) ?...
View ArticleSystem.IO.FileNotFoundException - Blend and XAML Design view
Just installed Win8 and Express 2012 a day ago. After restarting computer this morning, XAML Designer view got crashed with an error message 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException', even after reinstalling...
View ArticleGet Developer License without internet connection
One of my customers doesn't provide internet access to developers for security reasons. Is there a way to issue the developer license on the developer's machines using any other enterprise tool like...
View ArticleCan you start an XAML project from Blend?
When opening Blend for Visual Studio, the New Projects dialog only shows templates for HTML/JavaScript apps. There is no way to start an XAML/C# project from Blend. I never noticed this before since...
View ArticleCentralized and easy access to all reviews and rankings?
Is there a way to see all reviews from every country combined together? A client or remote tool for that?I am not able to easily track what's going on related to my application all around the web.I am...
View ArticleResolution and Store Apps
Hi, I want to ask why the VS's designer for Metro only works with a resolution uup to 1024x768. I mean, I have a netbook with Windows 8 Pro and I want to develop Store Apps. So I changed the resolution...
View ArticleText to Speech on Windows 8 Store applications
So I realize that for now there is no built in text to speech API for Windows Store applications and I would have to use an online API (and from what I've read, preferably through Bing Translator). It...
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