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When customers ask me how they can run Windows Store app from Desktop usually the answer is – You Can’t, but if you really want there is a way to do that. The reason I usually answer is You Can’t is because – In order to run Windows Store app from Desktop you need to install Windows App Certification Kit , this pack contains “ microsoft.windows.softwarelogo.appxlauncher.exe ” file that can run a Windows Store app by his application model id. So if you plan on publishing your app you can’t assume...
The post title maintained Toast Notification but after reading this post we'll be able to perform API calls to WinRT from your Desktop application. As you know WinRT exposing API’s for three developer languages: C#, C++ and JavaScript, this means that from each language you’ll be able to perform WinRT calls. The idea is based on Windows Metadata File (winmd) that expose those APIs that can be consumed across a variety of technologies and languages. Download Demo Project So why not using those...
When I develop Windows 8 Metro App I usually use Windows Store app samples to see code examples features but sometimes you want more… For example I really want to know how “Mail” metro app works: How getting access to other email account, sending email and more. So in order to to that I had to gain access to “Mail” metro app… Let’s start the Hack: Problem: WindowsApps folder is blocked and by default you can’t open this folder. Solution : First open Windows Explorer and navigate into “C:\Program...
Tweet I got a question from a friend who wanted to replace Bing Maps Tiles with Google Maps Tiles . You might ask yourself why? If you want Google Tiles just replace Bing Control and work with Google Maps….. In this case I want to work with Bing Map Control because the benefits I get in Metro Applications in Windows 8 for C#, C++, VB.NET and JavaScript. And I also want Google Maps language support . Download Demo Project Currently Bing Maps doesn't support any language except English...
In my last post I talked about Bing Map for C# , but you can also do the same of JavaScript projects using Bing Maps SDK. Download Demo Project Step 1: Maps Developer Account Before you can use Bing Sdk from Windows 8 Metro App you need Maps Developer Account, open http://www.bingmapsportal.com/ , create or enter with existing Windows Live account. Choose “ Create or view keys ” and create new Key for your application. Step 2: Create Bing Maps Metro Application Download the latest bits - Bing Maps...
Tweet Last week me and other 20 guys from Sela Group were in the Build Conference where we first saw the new Windows 8 operation system and many cool things coming from Microsoft in the new release. I have much to say about new things regarding ALM, Metro but as always I prefer to start with building something with the new technology instead of talking about it…. So now I’ll talk about my first Metro Application for Windows 8 called – Metro Puzzle based on Puzzle 15 also called the N-Puzzle . Step...
After couple of years I was too lazy to do it, each time I format my computer or want to copy Wifi networks between my machine to another I faced a problem, there is easy way to copy network profiles so I’ve created a simple utility that allows you to Save and Load Wifi Network Profiles, using Native Wifi API through P/Invoke interop. [ DllImport ( "wlanapi.dll" )] public static extern int WlanGetProfile( [ In ] IntPtr clientHandle, [ In , MarshalAs ( UnmanagedType .LPStruct)] Guid interfaceGuid...