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Download Windows 8 code samples and demo apps. New samples are added frequently in JavaScript, C++, C#, and Visual Basic.You can also download code samples for other products like Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Office, SharePoint, Silverlight, or explore the Official Visual Studio 2010 C#, VB.NET, and 101 LINQ samples.
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Photo Sky SampleThis sample demonstrates how to use the LiveSDK for pulling images from SkyDrive. In this sample you will learn how to use LiveSDK and request consent from the user to access his SkyDrive files and display the images in a Metro style application.
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This sample pack includes all the app code examples developed for Windows 8. The sample pack provides a convenient way to download all the samples at once. The samples in this sample pack are available in C#, C++, VB.NET, and JavaScript.
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This sample shows how to create, read, write, copy and delete a file, how to retrieve file properties, and how to track a file or folder so that your app can access it again. This sample uses Windows.Storage and Windows.Storage
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This sample demonstrates how to use the ApplicationSett
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This sample shows how to imitate the splash screen that Windows displays for your app by positioning a similar image correctly when Windows dismisses the splash screen that it displays. This sample uses the SplashScreen class in the Windows.Applica
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This sample provides completed versions of the apps you create by following the Create your first Windows Store app using JavaScript tutorial series.
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This sample shows how to use an app tile, which is the representation and launch point for your app in the Start screen, and a badge on that tile, which is a method for the app to relay status information to the user when the app is not running.
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The Geolocation sample demonstrates how to use the Geolocation API to get the geographic location of the user's PC.
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This sample uses ASP.NET Web API to build a simple contact manager application. The application consists of a contact manager web API that is used by an ASP.NET MVC application, a Windows Phone application, and a Windows 8 app to display and manage a list of contacts.
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This sample demonstrates the basic end-to-end implementation of a simple first person 3-D game using DirectX (Direct3D 11.1, Direct2D, XInput, and XAudio2) and XAML in a C++ app. XAML is used for the heads-up display and game state messages.
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This sample demonstrates how to use a MessageDialog for displaying dialogs, setting commands and the actions they will perform, and changing the default button.
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