Top "Windows-runtime" questions

Windows Runtime (WinRT) is a Microsoft platform architecture that allows applications to run in a sandboxed environment exposing a 'Windows Modern Style' UI/UX.

How to do UI Automation of Metro-Style Apps?

I've downloaded and installed the windows 8 consumer preview, and I'd like to figure out how to use the UI Automation …

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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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WinRT No mapping for the Unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page

I am trying to read a file in my Windows 8 Store App. Here is a fragment of code I use …

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Get custom attributes of enum value

In a WinRT .NET application (C#) I want to get the custom attributes, that are defined on an enum value. …

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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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Adding a swipe gesture to open SplitView Pane

I am trying to add a swipe gesture to the SplitView control (aka "hamburger menu") of UWP, similar to the …

c# windows-runtime winrt-xaml windows-10 uwp
Suspending event not raising using WinRT

I'm having a problem with suspending event on Windows Phone 8.1 using WinRT, it does not fire. I don't know why. …

c# uwp windows-runtime windows-phone-8.1 win-universal-app
Overriding Pivot header foreground brushes in UWP app (Win 10 RTM SDK)

I'm trying to override the Pivot header foreground theme brushes, but no matter what I do the UWP app just …

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Should I add my Metro app's TemporaryKey.pfx file to version control?

I've created a Metro-style C#/XAML application, and now I'm trying to add it to version control (Git and, later, …

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Convert ImageSource to WriteableBitmap in Metro Windows 8

I was wondering how I could go about converting an ImageSource object (in my case the source property of an …

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