So what does it mean to be universal when it comes to Windows 10? A new way of building applications is coming in Windows 10. The past few years Microsoft has been on this path of converging all of their operating systems to run on a common core. Windows 10 is the culmination of this... Continue Reading →
Recently, Rocky Lhotka wrote a blog post call Cost to enable side-loading on a Windows 8 device. In this post he breaks down the cost to side load a Modern UI Application (formally known as Metro) on to a Windows 8 device. He starts out by showing each SKU’s side-loading capabilities : Domain Joined Non-Domain... Continue Reading →
Windows 8 has now shipped and developers are busy building Windows Store Applications (bad name). Developers who have experience working with Xaml have expectations on how Xaml should behave. The other day I was trying to do something I have done before. I wanted to change the DataTemplate of an item in an items control... Continue Reading →
Updated: Here is a link to a video that shows the new SCCM features for supporting Windows 8 that are available in the SP1 Today I presented ‘Reimagining the Enterprise with Windows 8’ at Boston Code Camp 18. I talked about some challenges you may face when bringing Windows 8 into the Enterprise. I also... Continue Reading →
In my previous post on Simulating a Tab Control, I used radio buttons and a FlipView control to simulate a tab control. A commenter pointed out that there were no animation when changing FlipViewItems if you switch items by setting the selected item index. These subtle animation are part of the new experience of Windows... Continue Reading →
I was looking through the forums on MSDN today and found someone asking how to implement a Tab Strip Control in Windows 8 Store applications. They used the Store as an example, wanting functionality that behaves like the OverView, Details, Reviews section. Currently there are no tab controls in Windows 8 and I haven’t seen... Continue Reading →
The other day I was researching the different file access scenarios available for Windows 8. I needed the research for my chapter on accessing data in my Windows 8 Book (more on that later). The restrictive sandbox that Windows 8 applications operate in can prove challenging. To access data outside the sandbox and Windows libraries... Continue Reading →
In my last post, I started a journey to see if I can share data between a WPF application and a Windows 8 Metro application. We left off with the data in the Metro application. According to the map the way back to the WPF application is through the Documents folder. Only when the data... Continue Reading →
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