Windows Store app samples

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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This sample shows how to access files and folders by letting the user choose them through the file pickers and how to save a file so that the user can specify the name, file type, and location of a file to save. This sample uses Windows.Storage.Picke...
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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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9/14/2011
762,655 Downloads
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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.AccessCache API.
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9/14/2011
104,880 Downloads
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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.Applicati...
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9/14/2011
137,305 Downloads
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This sample demonstrates how to use the ApplicationSettings API and settings flyouts to integrate an app's settings UI with the Settings charm.
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2/29/2012
53,751 Downloads
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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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8/15/2012
14,294 Downloads
patterns and practices
You will learn how to create Windows Store business apps that implement standard Windows features, the Model-View-ViewModel pattern with life cycle management, navigation, and validation. Additionally you will learn how to unit test, localize, and make your app accessible.
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5/18/2013
1,516 Downloads
C#
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The Geolocation sample demonstrates how to use the Geolocation API to get the geographic location of the user's PC.
(20)
9/14/2011
45,943 Downloads
Daniel Roth - Microsoft
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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2/16/2012
37,300 Downloads
C#
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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.
(31)
2/29/2012
54,242 Downloads
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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.
(6)
2/29/2012
27,706 Downloads

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