When trying to setup your WinRT/Metro application to share data it is possible that you will encounter the following error when you select the ‘Share’ charm The good news is that if you get this error it means you have mostly setup your application to be able to share, meaning that you have...
When building a WinRT/Metro application one of the key integration points between your application and others is to allow Data Sharing via the Sharing Contracts. By default applications DO NOT support sharing and when a user taps on the Share Charm they will see an error similar to the following. This...
When building a C# WinRT/Metro you may run into the following compile error Manifest references file ‘yourfilenamehere.exe’ which is not part of the payload I have received this error a few times now, each time after doing the exact same thing. Renaming my project file. Turns out that any...
**** NOTE: This post is valid for the Developer Preview of WinRT and MAY change in later releases **** If you have been paying attention to any of the Windows 8/Metro stuff that has come out sense BUILD you may have noticed that with Windows 8/Metro application developers can now easily light up their...
If you have been paying attention to any of the Windows 8/Metro stuff that has come out sense BUILD you may have noticed that with Windows 8/Metro application developers can now easily light up their applications by enabling their apps to hook into the system search mechanism. This post (and subsequent...