Windows Runtime (WinRT) is a Microsoft platform architecture that allows applications to run in a sandboxed environment exposing a 'Windows Modern Style' UI/UX. Not to be confused with Windows RT, the edition of Windows 8 for ARM devices; see windows-rt.

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View the html designer within VS 2012 without switching to Blend

I am using VS2012 for creating html/javascript type of app for windows 8 store. When I create a html file, there is no way for me to view the html file unless I launch it in the blend. Sometimes when ...
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Using Resources.resx in Windows Store Library (DLL)

I am building a Windows Store Library which uses strings from Resources.resx. I am unable to figure out a way to do it. Looked through a lot of sites, tried a lot of options such as directly using ...
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Why is the result of document.getElementById null in this case?

I am basically new to JavaScript and WinJs stuff. Following this tutorial to learn it. My default.html is below <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> ...
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Call parent page's method from a user control

I have a user control which is displayed as a popup. I need to call a method from its parent page when this user control is dismissed by user. How can I do that? I tried calling it in 'unloaded' ...
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Read foreign character whle reading a file using FileIO.ReadTextAsync?

I am trying to read a CSV file in Windwos 8 App C# which has some foreign characters like: VALTIOVARAINMINISTERIÖ, A.P. Møller, NIEDERÖSTERREICHISCHES, Meliá, Helse Sør-Øst Rhf etc. When I am ...
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Windows 8 Web Authentication Broker can't connect to the service

Can Web Authentication Broker be used with a non oAuth authentication ? I have created an Asp.Net MVC2 website with a login page that I want to use through Web Authentication Broker to retrieve and ...
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Design for inheritance and reuse of visual elements

I know with C++/C#, you can create controls that are reusable piece of code that you can use through inheritance etc. However, I am not sure if same principles could be used in a Windows 8 store app ...
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How to save photo location as a string variables of a class?

In my application, the user uses the PhotoChooserTask to select a photo from the Camera Roll. I would like to save the location of the photo into a string variable of the LogEntry class so I'll be ...
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Uri Formatting on Image Source

What is wrong with the following uri? bmi.UriSource = (new Uri(@"/Assets/Image.png", UriKind.Relative)); Where bmi is a BitmapImage. I have the build action for the image set to Embedded Resource. ...
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nested binding one datatemplate in another datatemplete is not working in winrt

i have an item control and bind a list(subsubname) to populate controls.all controls populated but there is a combobox i want to bind it to another list(Anatomy). But its not working combox displys ...
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Launch FtpRequest in winRT

i'm looking for an example describing the process of an ftprequest under winrt to download/upload files from server, i found examples using webclient but Winrt doesn't support that and besides ...
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How to adjust height of ListViewItem as *?

I have a ListView and am adding 5 ListViewItem. in that the 3rd item's height should take the rest of the height like row definition given in the code. <Grid.RowDefinitions> ...
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Parsing Json with no tags to bind to win 8 grid

I am trying to parse this json script. { "Component1": { "Parameter1": "A", "Parameter2": "12.00" }, "Component2": { "Parameter1": "B", "Parameter2": ...
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How to Instantiate Class Object from CSV Values?

Hi I am trying to create a general CSV parser in Windows 8 App using C#. I want to create a parser in which when I pass the Type T and the string CSV and Object I should get the object populated ...
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How to save a photo location or actual photo as a class variable?

I have a class with a variable named Photo. The user is using the PhotoChooserTask to select the photo, and it is being displayed in an Image control. This part of the application, the chooser and ...
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How to Convert a WriteableBitmap image to Byte array in WinRt App

I want to convert WriteableBitmap image to Byte array using C# code in Windows store metro style apps. Please give correct answer
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How to handle RoutedEvents in WinRT Popup

I am playing a Little with Windows 8 and building Windows Store Apps. Currently I am trying to create a popup. I want to tap on a button on a (primitive) user control which is hosted as the Child of a ...
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Unsharp text after semantic zoom

I've got a strange behavior in my app in semantic zoom. If I zoom very fast in and out in semantic zoom states I sometime get an unsharp text. Not all texts at this page are blurry, only these one ...
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Custom touch keyboard in Windows RT

Is it possible to change something in the touch keyboard in Windows RT? For example, my app is a massive data entry. Many fields are alphanumeric IDs. It is a mess to change all time from the numeric ...
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Windows Store - Loading Images from URL - poor performance

I am populating a GridView with about 40 images that are online. I have got a DataTemplate for my Grid where the Image.Source binds to the URL (e.g. "http://foo.jpg") like so: <Image ...
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Why does my application require Visual C++ Redistributable package

I'm writing a simple C++ application in Visual Studio. It also has a setup project. It works well on my development machine, but when I'm installing this application on user's machine it requires ...
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winrt textbox line numbering

I'm trying to implement a control that contains a textbox and line numbering on the left side. (It's a simple text editor for WinRT). I've tried using a textbox for line numbering, but it becomes ...
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WinRT C# - A listbox with dropdown style

I would like to make a multiple selection with a combobox, but I think it's not easy. It's why I would like to use a Listbox with a dropdown style like a combobox. Do you have any ideas how to do ...
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WinRT interop with real C++

I have this library written in regular C++ that expects an std::istream& that it will read from and block. It compiles just fine under WinRT. The Stream class in .NET beeing fairly similar, I ...
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Can i use any kind of encryption to SQLite database in WinRT? [closed]

Can i use any kind of encryption to SQLite database in WinRT? I cant find any specific info about SQLCipher version for WinRT I found the SQLiteCrypt at http://sqlite-crypt.com/ in the home page ...
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API to adjust screen color temperature Win RT

I see f.lux (desktop app) change the screen color temperature on Win 7.So I wonder if there is a way to do this in Win RT (just Metro style app)? I've tried searching on google but I couldn't find ...
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Showing Progressring during navigation between pages

My intention is that when a user clicks a button to navigate to another page he will see a progressring untill the other page is fully loaded. I have found a lot of tutorials about the subject, but ...
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ProcessEvents not on the main thread for WinRT

I want to set a timer that emulates a thread that every few milliseconds, calls Dispatcher->ProcessEvents() while inside the main run loop, I'm just rendering and presenting. In this article, ...
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How to invoke Javascript in .NET in WPF & WinRT?

Here is a use case. I need to: Invoke JavaScript from .NET (C#) code JavaScript won't be compile, it comes from a dynamic source I need to pass .NET objects to that javascript code, preferable a ...
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Can I run unit tests on a deployed app package in WinRT?

The question pretty much explains it. We have a WinRT (Metro) app package that we're obfuscating with Dotfuscator after every build. Because of the way Dotfuscator does renaming, we're required as of ...
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WinJS Binding to C# Windows Runtime Component class

I can't seems to get databinding to work between my WinJS View code and my Windows Runtime Component ViewModel code. Any suggestions or pointers to sites where this is talked about? I'm coming from ...
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How to show current date time in Textblock in TopAppBar-WinRT

i am trying to show the current sysdatetime in Top App bar and i was wondering anyway i can do that in XAML for win store apps.
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Is on-the-fly compiling in WinRt possible?

For a project I need to compile code on-the-fly in a WinRt-application. Almost nothing I can find on that subject. I've seen the CodeDom-namespace has sadly enough only one class, which I fear means a ...
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How to unsubscribe from DatagramSocket MessageReceived event

I'm trying to unsubscribe from MessageReceived on the bound UDP socket (DatagramSocket) and getting the exception. That is how I register: EventRegistrationToken myRegToken; myRegToken = ...
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Create c# class with a table. Sqlite-net

I have SQLite database in isolated storage in Windows Store App. I use SQLite for Windows Runtime My class: [Table("Projects")] public class Project { [PrimaryKey] [Column ("id")] ...
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Creating Custom Sized Tiles in Blank App -Win RT

Hi , I am trying to create an blank app with my custom sized live tiles in the hub page. I know Windows had predefined tiles template ,but i was wondering if i could achieve the same with the ...
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ScrollViewer: Disable Snap (elastic band effect)

I have a ScrollViewer on my MainPage that contains all other elements (except the AppBars of course). Scrolling works fine, but I want to disable the snap behavior (you drag the whole page to the ...
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Windows 8/RT delete from sqlite using linq

I have SQLite database in isolated storage in Windows Store App. I use SQLite for Windows Runtime When i want to delete all table entry I use follow method: public static async void ...
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Wrtiing WinRT GridView Drag and Drop Handler

In WinRT, I am trying to implement a custom drag and drop handler for my variable sized GridView. In the DragItemsStarting handler, I can get the item being dragged by using e.Items.FirstOrDefault(). ...
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How to reduce memory usage when creating windows metro applications?

I created a metro style app or windows 8,but on using that app my CPU memory usage is always going high,not a single byte is reduced after started running.I think this s because of not properly ...
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Running storyboard animations in windows 8 datatemplate

I'm trying to create a to do list in Windows 8 XAML. when I complete an item, I want a storyboard to erase the completed items. How can I get a storyboard to run on items inside a datatemplate? ...
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Replace `Page` with `WinRTXamlToolkit.Controls.AlternativePage`

I'm attempting to use Windows RT XAML Toolkit so that I can have access to the TreeView control. I've created a new BlankApp that contains a MainPage containing XAML similar to this: <Page ...
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Showing content in frame interferes with animation on the page

I ran into a little problem while writing Windows 8 application on C#+xaml. My app has one main page, which is divided in two parts – ListView as a navigation panel on the left, and Frame on the ...
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How can I dynamically change the text that appears under and app bar button?

I have an app bar button and I would like to change the text that appears under it dynamically through codebehind. I tried changing its Content property, but it changes the icon. I wasn't able to ...
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StreamSocket closing unexpectedly

I am trying to use a StreamSocket and a StreamSocketListener to create a proxy. The goal is to have the proxy do something, but right now I can't even get that far. The connection keeps getting closed ...
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WinRT FlipView binding fails possibly

I have a xaml page: <Page x:Class="DailyStyleW8.MainPage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" ...
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Sliding effect on buttons

I have a user control which looks like this: I want to achieve the effect in which when a user clicks on a button, every other button slides side ways and some content according to the clicked ...
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Create a new WinRT Projection?

I am wondering if anyone knows of any resources for, or has any experience with the creation of a WinRT language projection. I am doing some research on what it would take to create the projection for ...
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How to set focus on an element inside a MessageDialog

I'm building a windows store app and i'm using the DevExpress tools to make it happen. But i'm thinking this problem might have a general solution. When i'm opening the dialog i want to set focus on a ...
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Windows store app - item background color's

I cant change background color of item in my split application. I don't know, how, becaause i already tryed using css, and without any success. This is template for item(pretty much default): ...

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