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 sayingContinueContinue reading “Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available to Download”
Monthly Archives: February 2012
How to create WCF REST Service and host in Windows Azure
In this post, we will create a WCF REST Service and host in Windows Azure. We will learn following things in this post Working with WCF Web Role Enabling REST on WCF Web Role Returning XML and JSON from REST service Deploying WCF Service Web Role to Windows Azure We need to host WCF ServiceContinueContinue reading “How to create WCF REST Service and host in Windows Azure”
Step by Step Guide to Create First Windows Azure Application
Target audience: Beginners in Windows Azure or Level 100 One can argue that why this step by step guide after so many years of Windows Azure? and why I wrote this article after my more than 80 articles on Azure? Answer is, when I started writing this article, my objective was very much clear inContinueContinue reading “Step by Step Guide to Create First Windows Azure Application”
Select ListBox Item on the Hold event in Windows Phone
I was working on an application and I had to select a List Box Item on the hold event. My List Box was as below, You see in the List Box, I have put an Image control and binding Source and Tag dependency property of the image to the data source. At the code behind,ContinueContinue reading “Select ListBox Item on the Hold event in Windows Phone”
Reviewing Programming Entity Framework : Code First by Julie Lerman and Rowan Miller
Title: Programming Entity Framework: Code First Number of Pages < 200 Price: $9.99 Kindle Edition $21.59 Paperback Buy here I got an opportunity to get a copy of book Programming Entity Framework: Code First from well-known author, speaker and an authority on Entity Framework Julie Lerman . I was very excited to get bookContinueContinue reading “Reviewing Programming Entity Framework : Code First by Julie Lerman and Rowan Miller”
CSharp Interview Question: What is Action in CSharp
One of my friends called me after his interview as for a developer role in an esteemed organization. One of the question, interviewer asked him, After talking to him, I thought why not to blog about it? I am trying here to use minimum words and optimum code samples can be discussed with interviewer asContinueContinue reading “CSharp Interview Question: What is Action in CSharp”
Page Stack in Windows Phone
In your application there may be many pages and you will come across requirement to navigate between pages. Windows Phone navigation model allows you to navigate between pages. Windows Phone navigation model is same as web based page navigation model. Even though name suggests in Windows Phone, pages are not windows. In your application, youContinueContinue reading “Page Stack in Windows Phone”
Capture Picture from Camera and Save in Media Library in Windows Phone
In this post we will see the way to capture a photo using camera and saving that in Media Library. CameraCaptureTask chooser is used to capture photo using Windows Phone Camera. To work with CameraCaptureTask , first you need add namespace Then define a global variable, In constructor of the page, you need to instantiateContinueContinue reading “Capture Picture from Camera and Save in Media Library in Windows Phone”
How to write and run a C Program in Visual Studio 2010
Today I was recalling good days of language C and got tempted to play around POINTERS, STRUCTURE, and DATA STRUCTURE etc. I started to write some C code and as soon as I started, the first hurdle came that where to write code? I was running on 64 bit Windows 7 machine with Visual StudioContinueContinue reading “How to write and run a C Program in Visual Studio 2010”
Accessing Pictures from Media Library in Windows Phone
You may come across a requirement to access the entire picture saved in Media Library of Windows Phone. Media Library can be access using MediaLibrary class. To work with MediaLibrary class you need to add reference of Microsoft.Xna.Framework. This class is defined in namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media namespace. To work with MediaLibrary, you need to make instanceContinueContinue reading “Accessing Pictures from Media Library in Windows Phone”