The successor to Microsoft Windows 7 that focuses on a new interface style for touch-based devices and tablets.
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Windws Store App - Convert String into Color in VB.NET
There is no FromName method available in VB.NET for Windows Store Apps. How can I convert string to color? I want to set an object's fillcolor by passing string value of color.
I found this ...
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vs2012 how to get back to English default code page?
I've been debugging an application as to why double-byte character languages were not showing up. Internally, the code stores all strings as char* even though it converts it appropriately at display ...
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How to use the microphone with Flash on Windows 8 with IE10?
On all other combinations of Windows and browsers when a user on my site attempts to invoke the flash microphone there is a flash permissions dialog that appears, which can then be accepted to allow ...
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How can I draw a banner or other adornment over an image using XAML in a Windows Store app?
Here's basically what I'm trying to accomplish:
I can get the image drawn and placed appropriately, but I'm at a loss for how to draw the banners. It's easy enough to put both elements in a Grid, ...
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WinRT - determine if an element is visible to the user
I need to autoplay a media file if the user scrolls it into the view.
I got something like this:
<ScrollViewer>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedProduct.Entities}" ...
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Sign cat file that uses Winusb.sys as kernel-mode code
I'm trying to make an USB driver to be installable in Windows 8, this USB driver uses only WinUSB.
According to this post Signed INF driver works on the computer where it was signed, not
others and ...
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InkPicture control in windows 8
I have a signature capture app I originally developed using C# Express 2008 and the Tablet PC SDK, compiled for the .NET framework version 2.0. The app uses the InkPicture control to capture the ...
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High resolution display give incorrect viewport when snapping (Surface Pro)
I just got to test IE10 on a Surface Pro with 1920*1080 display resolution where "make text and other items larger or smaller" has been set to Large.
On my website I have added the CSS+JS viewport fix ...
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toastnotification in windows 8 app not working
i have kept ToastCapable="true" in my Package.appxmanifest even then it doesnt show toast notification the sample app can be downloaded from here
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Windows 8 WPF progress bars don't have glow animation
The progress bars in Windows Forms applications have the standard "shine" animation, but when I try to add a progress bar in WPF I don't get such a thing by default. How do we get this back with WPF ...
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How to stop or delay the Windows 8 forced Restart after updates
Windows 8 is now forcing users to restart computers after some important updates, Is there any way to stop or delay this restart more than the default selected deadline by Windows 8?
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Image flip animation in windows 8?
I need to show the images continuously like projection flip animation like the below link having sample.
http://www.silverlightbuzz.com/2009/10/14/using-the-3d-tools-to-animate-in-blend/
How to ...
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point a windows 8 app towards a certain location relative to the tablet's location
I'm learning to create windows 8 apps and I'm stumped as regards something.
Say I am in London. And I want to find Trafalgar square relative to where I am standing. But based on a compass. So for ...
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What is the property CoreDispatcher.HasThreadAccess used for?
I am new to working with Windows and I am trying to understand the APIs. Windows Runtime API provides the property CoreDispatcher.HasThreadAccess, but the description in the docs of what it is is very ...
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Cannot receive UDP packets from app run via Task Scheduler
I created a small C# app with Visual Studio 2012 that I want to use messages with to another app. This app uses UI Automation to grab text from another running app. I need to run this as an ...
