Solved Exception in Passing Relative URI to Windows Runtime

While working today on a Windows Store Application I had a requirement to work with URI. Business class was as follows,   And I created instance of Product class in usual way setting values for both properties. I had put all images in ProductImages folder.     On running application I got following exception thatContinueContinue reading “Solved Exception in Passing Relative URI to Windows Runtime”

What is Namespace in WinJS

Let us first try to understand, why we need Namespace? I will try to explain you with an example, let us suppose you have a function named GreetingMessage in JS file named Library.js Now you need to use this function on default.js. When you try to call that function from other js file , youContinueContinue reading “What is Namespace in WinJS”

Thanks to Student created Windows 8 App of my Blog

I am very pleased to write here that one student Akrita Agarwal has shown her love to my blog and voluntarily created Windows 8 Application of my blog. I am very touched by this kind effort. You can get that app from App Store from here Link to download Application from Store     This isContinueContinue reading “Thanks to Student created Windows 8 App of my Blog”

Presented: Windows 8 App Development for web Developer

I had an opportunity to present on “Windows 8 App Development for Web Developers” at Microsoft Gurgaon on 13th October 2012. It was nice experience presenting in front of more than 125 enthusiast audiences. I presented on the topic “Windows 8 App Development for Web Developers” and shown demos on Migrating CSS based HTML WebContinueContinue reading “Presented: Windows 8 App Development for web Developer”

Create App Package for Windows Store

    In this post we will follow step by step procedure to create app package for Windows Store. Let us suppose you have created a “Hello World “application for Windows Store and want to create an App Package for the same. To create that from menu select PROJECT    From the POROJECT menu, selectContinueContinue reading “Create App Package for Windows Store”

Dilemma in choosing technology to create App for Windows Store?

    When one start creating Applications for Windows Store, the first question come to mind is what technology should be used to create applications. In this post, I am trying to ease that decision to some extent. If you creating application form scratch then as of me you should rely on your existing skills.ContinueContinue reading “Dilemma in choosing technology to create App for Windows Store?”

Share Text in between Windows 8 Metro Application using Share Contract

Two Metro applications can shared the content between them using Share Charm. Content can be as simple as text or may be image or a file. In content sharing, the application that shares content is called as Source Application and the application that receives content is called as Target Application. Source Application and Target ApplicationContinueContinue reading “Share Text in between Windows 8 Metro Application using Share Contract”

Working with OData and WinJS ListView in Metro Application

In this post we will see how to consume Netflix OData feed in HTML based Metro Application. Movies information will be displayed as following. At the end of this post, we should have output as below, Netflix exposed all movies information as OData and that is publicly available to use. Netflix OData feed of moviesContinueContinue reading “Working with OData and WinJS ListView in Metro Application”

Consuming WCF SOAP Service in Windows 8 Metro Application

In this post we will consume WCF SOAP Service in C#/XAML based Metro Application. This is level 100 post showing basic steps to create simple WCF Service and consume that in Metro Application. Very first let us create a WCF Service using VS2012. Form File menu create a new project by choosing WCF Service ApplicationContinueContinue reading “Consuming WCF SOAP Service in Windows 8 Metro Application”

Migrate HTML5 WinJS Metro Application project to VS2012

In this post we will migrate a Metro Project created in HTML5 and WinJS from VS11 to VS2012 RC. Recently I upgraded my system to Windows 8 Release Preview. After upgrading Windows, I migrated VS to VS2012 RC. After successful installation of VS2012, I tried opening a HTML5 + WinJS project created in VS11. WhenContinueContinue reading “Migrate HTML5 WinJS Metro Application project to VS2012”