I found the—in hindsight, obvious—error in my code. The ZipArchive has to be disposed to make it write its content to its underlying stream. So I had to save the stream to a file after the end of the using block of the ZipArchive. And it was important to set the leaveOpen argument of its … Read more
What I did was creating my own Window and Style. Because I like to have control over everything and I didn’t want some external libraries just to use a Window from it. I looked at already mentioned MahApps.Metro on GitHub and also very nice Modern UI on GitHub. (.NET4.5 only) There is one more it’s … Read more
My friend was attempting a Rails tutorial on Win 8 RTM a few months ago and ran into this error. Not sure if this issue exists in Windows 7 as well, but this may help. Options: 1) Removing //= require_tree . / Ignoring the issue – This line should not be causing an issue in … Read more
I’m porting my existing project to Win8 right now. It consists of windows service and tray application which are talking to each other via NamedPipes WCF. As you may already know Metro doesn’t support named pipes. I ended up using TcpBinding for full duplex connection. This post describes what functionality is supported. Sample of my … Read more
In Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11, you have to right-click devenv.exe and select “Troubleshoot compatibility”. Select “Troubleshoot program” Check “The program requires additional permissions” Click “Next” Click “Test the program…” Wait for the program to launch Click “Next” Select “Yes, save these settings for this program” Click “Close” If, when you open Visual … Read more
#include <conio.h> #include <iostream> using namespace std; #define KEY_UP 72 #define KEY_DOWN 80 #define KEY_LEFT 75 #define KEY_RIGHT 77 int main() { int c = 0; while(1) { c = 0; switch((c=getch())) { case KEY_UP: cout << endl << “Up” << endl;//key up break; case KEY_DOWN: cout << endl << “Down” << endl; // key … Read more
I have installed the latest Python for Win10 from Releases for Windows. Just typing py in the Command Prompt Window starts Python. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15048] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\sg7>py Python 3.6.3 (v3.6.3:2c5fed8, Oct 3 2017, 18:11:49) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for … Read more
It’s easier to directly get the CoreWindow from the non-UI thread. The following code will work everywhere, even when GetForCurrentThread() or Window.Current returns null. CoreApplication.MainView.CoreWindow.Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, <lambda for your code which should run on the UI thread>); for example: CoreApplication.MainView.CoreWindow.Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () => { // Your UI update code goes here! }); You’ll need to reference Windows.ApplicationModel.Core … Read more
You can use the classes found in the System.Json Namespace which were added in .NET 4.5. You need to add a reference to the System.Runtime.Serialization assembly The JsonValue.Parse() Method parses JSON text and returns a JsonValue: JsonValue value = JsonValue.Parse(@”{ “”name””:””Prince Charming””, …”); If you pass a string with a JSON object, you should be … Read more
From .Net 4.5 onwards: Use IProgress<T> Since .Net 4.5 you can handle asynchronous progress reporting with the IProgress<T> interface. You can write an extension method for downloading files using the HttpClient that can be called like this where progress is the implementation of IProgress<float> for your progress bar or other UI stuff: // Seting up … Read more