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How to fetch selected item of ListView in HTML based Windows 8 Metro Application
I had tough time get the value of selected item of a ListView. So in this post I am sharing the code snippet required to fetch selected item from the ListView. Read this article for ListView Binding with Grouping and Semantic Zoom in Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application I strongly suggest you to read the … Continue reading
Isolated Storage Helper For C# and XAML based Metro Application
This post and helper class is based on work of Jamie Thomson . I thank him lot for that. Why to use Metro Application Isolated Storage Helper? This helper class helps you to perform Read,Write and Delete of structured data in Isolated storage folders. How to use this? Download Metro Application Isolated Storage Helper from … Continue reading
Difference between Application created using Metro UI guidelines and Real Windows 8 Metro Application
Windows 8 Metro Application runs in AppContainer, whereas any application (web or desktop) created with the Metro UI design guidelines does not run on AppContainer. They may be running in browser or directly as exe on System32 under the logged in user credential. I have been seen people are bit confused in between “An Application … Continue reading
Lives Tiles in XAML based Windows 8 Metro Application
In this post we will discuss Live Tiles in XAML based Windows 8 Metro Application. We will see Updating Live Tiles Creating queue of information to update Live Tiles What is Live Tile? Tiles are the entry point for the application. You will find TILES for all applications installed on your machine at the start … Continue reading
ListView Binding with Grouping and Semantic Zoom in Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application
Windows 8 CP and VS11 are around. Recently I wrote Setting up Visual Studio11 Beta for Metro Application Creation . In this post let us get into some development. In this post we will see Creating DataSource ListView Binding to DataSource Creating ItemTemplate Grouping Data Source Using SemanticZoomView over ListView At the end of the … Continue reading
Setting up Visual Studio11 Beta for Metro Application Creation
Just after next day of launching I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview and VS1 Beta. And yes exactly like you, I were excited. After installation VS11 Beta looks like below, After installation I was tempted to create Metro Application. So I browsed to create new project and found below installed project templates. So essentially it … Continue reading
How to Create Bootable USB for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
In this post I will share screens to create Bootable USB for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available to Download After downloading Windows 8 Consumer Preview you need to download Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool After downloading unzip and start running the setup. Follow the screens as below, After installing makes … Continue reading
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available to Download
Folks on the leap day of lap year 2012 are you feeling Metrofied ? Certainly I am , Eventually we have got what we have been waiting since BUILD. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available to download. Download ISO image of Windows 8 Consumer Preview from here Image taken from web. As they are saying … Continue reading
Flyout control in Windows 8 HTML JavaScript Metro Application
In this post, I will discuss how to work with Flyout in Windows 8 Metro application. Flyout is a type of UI surface in Windows 8 metro application. It is used to show simple message or popup. If user touches or clicks anywhere on the screen then Flyout disappears. It usually used to collect simple … Continue reading
List View Data Binding in Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application
In this post we will see, Working with ListView control in WinJS ItemTemplte in WinJS Data Binding to ListView Creating Data Source in WinJS For purpose of this post I am going to bind name and images of Indian cricket player in ListView. After data binding ListView should look like below, To bind data with … Continue reading
Message Dialog Control in Windows 8 HTML JavaScript Metro Application
In this post, I will discuss how to work with Message Dialog in Windows 8 Metro application. I will use WinJS to create message dialog. Message dialog look like below, Message Dialog is part of UI surfaces in Windows 8. There are four types of UI surfaces in Windows 8. App Bar Context Menu Message … Continue reading
DatePicker control in Windows 8 HTML5 Metro JavaScript Application
In this post I will show you, how to work with DatePicker control in HTML Metro App. DatePicker controls comes as part of WinJS. To use DatePicker control very first let us create a blank application Right click and open project in Expression Blend. Choose Date Picker from Assets and put it below Body tag. … Continue reading
Consuming JSON in Windows 8 Metro style Application using WinJS
In this post I will discuss way of consuming JSON service in Windows 8 metro style application. In this post, Metro app is created using HTML 5 and Service is being consumed using WinJS Service is created service using WCF and REST is on service using webHttpBinding. Since creating simple REST Service returning JSON is … Continue reading
