Here is a very simple way to do this in code w/o having to worry about buffer lengths. Only use this solution if you are certain you are dealing with ASCII: Platform::String^ fooRT = “aoeu”; std::wstring fooW(fooRT->Begin()); std::string fooA(fooW.begin(), fooW.end()); const char* charStr = fooA.c_str(); Keep in mind that in this example, the char* is … Read more
Metro-style apps aren’t meant to be run as ordinary applications. If you want to run an application you wrote, you can do one of the following: Run it from VS (with or without debugging). This will actually install unpackaged version of your app, so you will see it in the start screen. Create a package … Read more
In the tile notification XML, specify “name” as the value for the branding attribute. Using this attribute, one can specify whether the tile shows the app logo, the name, or nothing.
private async void RequestData(string uri, Action<string> action) { var client = new WebClient(); string data = await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(uri); action(data); } See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh194294.aspx
This capability is not listed in the “designer” of Package.appxmanifest, you have to add it manually via code. Go to Solution Explorer and right-click Package.appxmanifest. Select View Code. In the code view update the Package element to contain the following: <Package … xmlns:rescap=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10/restrictedcapabilities” IgnorableNamespaces=”uap mp rescap”> Do not duplicate the IgnorableNamespaces attribute, just append rescap … Read more
According to the accepted answer in this post, there is no other way at the moment. However, the File IO team is considering changing the the api so that it returns null instead of throwing an exception. Quote from the linked post: Currently the only way to check if a file exists is to catch … Read more
If you simply want to run a desktop application like (notepad, wordpad, internet explorer etc) then go through Process Methods and ProcessStartInfo Class try { // Start the child process. Process p = new Process(); // Redirect the output stream of the child process. p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; p.StartInfo.FileName = “C:\Path\To\App.exe”; p.Start(); } // Exp 2 … Read more
You need to edit the jQuery source so that you pass the jQuery.support function to MSApp.execUnsafeLocalFunction, which disables the unsafe content checking, like this: jQuery.support = MSApp.execUnsafeLocalFunction(function() { var support, all, a, select, opt, input, fragment, tds, events, eventName, i, isSupported, div = document.createElement( “div” ), documentElement = document.documentElement; // lots of statements removed for … Read more
Update: We have fixed this in Visual Studio 2013. Portable libraries targeting Store (Windows 8.1) and .NET Framework 4.5.1 projects can now reference Timer. This is unfortunate case of where our implementation details are leaking to the user. When you target just .NET 4.5 and Windows Store apps, we actually cause you to build against … Read more
Sure, here you go. First, you can resize the WebView to the actual content. Then, you scale the WebView back to the original size. It would require a script invoke and a ScaleTransform. Pretty simple, really. Like this: <Grid Background=”{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}”> <WebView x:Name=”MyWebView” Source=”http://www.stackoverflow.com” /> </Grid> void MyWebView_LoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e) { var _Original = … Read more