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10 Best *FREE* Windows 8 Apps for Kids (*updated) 5 Dec 2012 | 03:26 am
There’s something so intuitive and simple about touching things on the screen that they just dive in without needing to be shown how it all works. The problem is that the Windows Store can be a confus...
Disable Application Scrolling when Windows shows onscreen keyboard? 2 Nov 2012 | 08:29 am
There are several occasions where you want keep the current element in focus and disable application scrolling when user is trying to type in using the onscreen keyboard. It is little bit tricky to ac...
Free Windows Store development eBook from MSPress 2 Nov 2012 | 08:13 am
Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript! is now available for free in eBook format. This free eBook provides comprehensive coverage of the platform for Windows Store apps. Since its ...
How to detect if camera is available in Windows Store apps? 2 Nov 2012 | 08:02 am
If you use CameraCaptureUI, the user will be prompted for permission automatically. But the DeviceInformation API does not indicate whether or not the user has granted permission. Here is sample class...
“An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.” 0×8007000B error when starting Windows 8 app on ARM 2 Nov 2012 | 07:51 am
I have recently seen several windows store apps popup with this error when running on ARM architecture, core reason boiled down to using Callisto package in the application. The Callisto project defau...
Large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: SharePoint, Visual Studio, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Office 365, Office 2010, SQL Server... 2 Aug 2012 | 06:52 am
Microsoft just made a bunch of eBooks free to download. Grab them while they are free. Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Programming Windows 8 Apps Programming Windows Phone 7 [...]
How to check if Location Services in enabled in the Windows Phone Settings? 26 Jul 2012 | 06:02 am
It is very easy to check if the user has enabled Location Services (GPS) in Windows Phone. GeoCoordinateWatcher g = new GeoCoordinateWatcher(GeoPositionAccuracy.High); g.Start(); if (g.Permission == G...
How to fix UnSpecified error when deploying a Windows Phone app in Visual studio? 3 Apr 2012 | 09:49 am
When you compile your windows phone app, it might build fine but throw an “unspecified error” when you try to deploy your app either onto your phone or to the emulator. The most probable reason that c...
Most Useful Windows 8 Keyboard Short Cuts 13 Mar 2012 | 06:07 am
Here is a list of Windows 8 Keyboard shortcuts that I think are most useful: Windows key - Brings up the Metro start screen. You can start typing to search for an app, just like the Win7 start menu. S...
How to convert a String to Stream in C#? 28 Feb 2012 | 02:55 pm
It is very easy to convert a string to stream and vice versa in .Net. Converting String to Stream: MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream); writer.Writ...
