February 2012 - Posts

Physamajig is a First Apps Contest Winner!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:02 PM

Physamajig was selected as one of the Winning entries of the Windows 8 First Apps Contest ! Microsoft unveiled the 8 Winners today in Barcelona while unveiling the Consumer Preview of Windows 8. [ read the Windows Store blog post ] [ see the video about...(read more)

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Monthly Summary - February 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:30 AM

Here comes the “Monthly Summary” of February 2012. During February 2012, I have published 11 blog posts with mix categories. In this post, sharing all the posts in category wise sorted for you, so that, you can find them easily from here.   In February...(read more)

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Filed under: Silverlight, Wp7, Archives, DZone

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Process Lifetime Management (Part 11/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:46 AM

Windows 8 Metro applications introduces new (for desktop version of Windows) philosophy behind application execution - when application runs and when it is terminated. In this post I will overview this process also known as Process Lifetime Management...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, FAS, Fast Application Switch, Windows 8, WinRT, Consumer Preview, PLM

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Live tiles, toasts, badges and Push Notifications (Part 10/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:39 AM

Windows 8 provides interesting way to “interact” with user even when application is not active anymore.   Push Notifications Windows Push Notifications (WNS) in Windows 8 is quite similar to the Windows Phone 7 Push Notification (MPNS) model. It...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, MPNS, Windows 8, WinRT, Consumer Preview, PUSHED, Live Tile, WNS, Notifications, Badge, Toast

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Show Message Dialogs and Popup Menus (Part 9/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:31 AM

This post is about popups. Why popups? Who need them? Popups needed to present some important info to the user in modal way or to present some overlays above other screen elements. Lets start from Message Box . WinRT lacks MessageBox support in classic...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Windows 8, WinRT, Consumer Preview, Popup, Message Dialog

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Quick tip: using location services (Part 8/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:12 AM

In this short post I will show how to use location services in you app. Working with location services requires declaring Location capability in application manifest: The location services provides access to location functionality, such as cell triangulations...(read more)

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Filed under: c#, Csharp, Windows, Beta, Windows 8, Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Licensing and In-app purchases (Part 7/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:11 AM

Windows 8 Metro applications are distributed by Windows Store. The store handles all installation tasks, updating to the new versions when published by developer. Also it handles purchasing the application, supporting trial mode (if application developer...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, Windows 8, WinRT, Consumer Preview, Trial, In-app purchase, License

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Quick tip: using sensors (Part 6/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:24 AM

Windows 8 supports multiple sensors. Some of them could be installed on your device, some of them not. When I planned this series, I had pretty hard choice to make about the sensor – which one to use. Accelerometer/Gyrometer/Compass/Inclinometer/Orientation...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, Quick Tip, Windows 8, Senssors, Consumer Preview, Light Sensor

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Local and Roaming application data storage (Part 5/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:18 AM

In previous post (Settings – LINK) I explained how to create application’s settings screed and customize it with application specific UI and data. In this post I will explain how to preserve application settings and other application data. Wind8 CP enables...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, Windows 8, WinRT, Consumer Preview, Settings, Roaming

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Customizing Settings Charm (Part 4/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:04 AM

Before Windows 8 every application invented its own way to present application settings. Here are very few of them: Some apps even provided standalone applications to manage settings. Also from settings storage perspective every developer had to decide...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Csharp, Windows, Sela, Beta, Windows 8, Consumer Preview, Settings

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Data Sharing (Part 3/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:56 AM

Windows 8 enables data exchange between applications. This was possible in the past, but to make it happen two applications must have knowledge about each other which was always not possible especially for applications developed by different companies...(read more)

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Filed under: DEV, Windows, Sela, Beta, Windows 8, Sharing, Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – Working with Proximity Device (Part 2/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:50 AM

This post is about proximity devices and scenarios enabled by using this functionality. WinRT supports Near Field Communication (NFC) scenarios by providing native support using Windows.Networking.Proximity namespace. This namespace enable working with...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, c#, DEV, Windows, Sela, Beta, Windows 8, Consumer Preview, Proximity, NFC

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta – What’s New (Part 1/11)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:30 AM

Long awaited Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Win8 CP) just released! It is not come alone, but accompanied with Visual Studio 11 Beta (VS11)! Both products available for download. The links are: Win8 CP download is available here . Visual Studio 11 Express...(read more)

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Filed under: XAML, JavaScript, HTML, Windows, Beta, Location, HTML5, Windows 8, Senssors, Sharing, Consumer Preview, Settings, Proximity, NFC, Trial, Loca, Popup, PLM

SilverlightShow Interview with Billy Hollis - Presenter in a Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas Workshop
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:44 AM

In this SilverlightShow interview, we talk with Billy Hollis – the presenter at the most-awaited workshop at Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas conference (March 26-30, 2012) - ‘Creating Today’s User Experiences - An Entry Point for Developers’...(read more)

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“Untiny URL” - Another WP7 Utility Application in Marketplace
Monday, February 27, 2012 11:30 AM

My 3rd Windows Phone 7 application called “Untiny URL” is now available in WP7 Marketplace. This application extracts the shortened URL and previews the complete URL in the screen.   Don’t forget to try it out and provide your valuable ratings and...(read more)

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Filed under: Silverlight, Wp7, DZone, WP7App, WP7AppReview

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