Top "Windows-store-apps" questions

This refers to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 apps only.

Building Windows 8 Metro App on Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2010

My Visual Studio can't seem to build any of the Metro Sample applications. As I've never really used this IDE …

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How to print the contents of a TextBox

How do I print the contents of a TextBox in metro apps? I have read this quickstart guide on MSDN …

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Can UWP apps be ported to Windows 7?

Can a Windows 10 app built on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) be ported back to Windows 7 customers? In particular, one …

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ListView ItemTemplate 100% width

How can I make content of each ListView item expands to 100% width when using a DataTemplate? I have tried HorizontalContentAlignment="…

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Where does Windows Store apps stores its local settings?

Hello fellow programmers, I am new to Windows 8. Where does Windows Store app's LocalSettings store its serialized file ? I am …

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Accessing background color of textblock

I found this example on MSDN that shows some ways to configure a textblock: A lot of it seems to …

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Retrieve the Current App version from Package

While I can get the assembly version using the following code var assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly; var assemblyVersion = assembly.…

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Grid is not supported in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) project

I am learning how to create a Class Library (Windows Store apps) and used a UserControl template to add a …

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Is it possible to await async tasks during a button click?

I have a refresh button in my app that uses some async methods to update the list of items displayed. …

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Create xml file with XmlWriter

I am having problems with the Create method in XmlWriter. Even when i use the example from msdn, it will …

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