Windows 8, C++ and Metro GUI samples?

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Rella picture Rella · Sep 14, 2011 · Viewed 22.5k times · Source

So I look at thisWindows build keynote (Windows build keynote 1:42:56) And I just do not get it - what I can use to create GUI from C++ and/or GUI language that will be capable to call functions from my C++ code? HTML, XAML or what? And where to see code sample of doing markup call code and code create GUI sample with C++ for Windows 8 Metro apps?

Answer

Kate Gregory picture Kate Gregory · Sep 14, 2011

Sample code in C++ and other languages is at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps. You can take a look at how it's done.

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