Top "Microsoft-metro" questions

Unless you have design questions - you should more likely tag your question as windows-store-apps or windows-runtime or winrt-xaml or winjs.

How to generate MD5 hash code for my WinRT app using C#?

I'm creating a MetroStyle app and I want to generate a MD5 code for my string. So far I've used …

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What is the difference between Task<> and IAsyncOperation<>

I am writing a metro app. This works: HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); var bytes = await client.GetByteArrayAsync(new Uri("www.…

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Unhandled exception handler not called for Metro / WinRT UI async void event handler

Consider the following to be extracts from a Windows 8 Metro / WinRT app, which have been reduced to the bare minimum …

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How do you get Angular.js to work in a Windows 8 store app?

The app runs but Angular data objects are not recognized. Here is the JavaScript error I am getting: Exception was …

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Can I use Entity Framework or Linq To SQL with Windows 8 Metro Style apps?

I'm looking for some kind of ORM that can be used with Metro Style apps. I found lots of posts …

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Will metro style windows 8 apps support local database access?

I want to build a metro style win 8 app which needs to access a local database (installed on the users …

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Change Tile Color for Non Windows Store Apps?

With Windows 8.1, the background color for desktop application tiles on the start screen are no longer grey but colored. It …

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Windows 8 - How to Dismiss Touch Keyboard?

I am developing my app for Windows 8 in C#, and one very annoying thing is that the touch keyboard sometimes …

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How do I work with images in a portable class library targeting Windows Store Apps and WP7,WP8,WPF?

I am working on a first PCL that targets : WSA (Windows Store Application), WPF,WP7,WP8. We can say that …

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Opening a file in a Metro app from command line

I need a way to open a file in a Metro app from command line. So far I've figured out …

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