When working with a C#/XAML WinRT application it is common that you will include resources such as images, files, audio recordings, etc inside your deployment package. It will also be common that you may want to access these resources as native storage files in order to do things like share them...
**** NOTE: This post is valid for the Developer Preview of WinRT and MAY change in later releases **** This is one of many posts in how to use Contracts within WinRT. The other posts are: Being a Share Target Using the Settings Contract Using the Search Contract Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 If you have...
When you are building out a WinRT/Metro application using C#/XAML you have the ability to add an ApplicationBar (part of the Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace) to your application as seen below When you adding a Application bar you can have it dock to the top or bottom. When having it dock to...
***** NOTE: This post is valid for the Developer Preview of WinRT and MAY change in later releases ***** Window 8 has enabled developers to hook into various system ‘ Contracts ’ such as Search, Sharing and Settings. Contracts are like agreements between Windows and one or more Metro style apps, called...
On of the new user controls which is being released with WinRT/Metro is the ToggleSwitch which can be found in the Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace. When rendered the control looks like below. By looking at the above you can see 3 distinct data points. The header (value of Font Size) – Header...