Tag Archives: C#

Figure out deprecated WinRT 8.1 types and members with the DeprecatedApi tool

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

Download (x86 | x64) UPDATE: a new version has been published with the existing types (that include deprecated member) in bold to make them more visible In a previous post, I made available the WinmdDiff tool to list the new … Continue reading →

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DualApi Finder or listing winRT types usable by Desktop Apps

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

Download DualApiFinder In a previous post, I explained how to use the WinRT API in Desktop applications with Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate. I will soon provide an update for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013 on http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mspfe. Meanwhile, you should … Continue reading →

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Handling termination in WinRT – new video post!

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

While I’m on vacation, the next episode of our Windows Store Apps Development series has been published. As usual, you’ll find demos, code and tools to help you write better Windows Store Apps for your users! Enjoy!

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New video post about what’s new in Windows 8.1 for a C# developer

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

Live from //build conference at San Francisco, a new video post has been released to detail what the new features of Windows 8.1 Preview mean for a C# developer: don’t miss it!   I hope this helps

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Listing Windows 8.1 Preview additions to WinRT

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

The Preview of Windows 8.1 has been released during the Microsoft //Build conference at San Francisco. Everyone is now able to download the Preview, update their machine and start to explore the new features with Visual Studio 2013 Preview. How … Continue reading →

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Suspend and Resume in WinRT – new video post!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

The next episode of our Windows Store Apps Development series is out with a lot of video demos and code related to Suspend/Resume with WinRT. Enjoy and see you soon at //build for Windows 8.1 Preview!

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Inter-Process Silent Communication in WinRT – Part 4

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

The previous posts detailed how file and protocol associations allow Windows Store Apps and Desktop Apps to activate each other. There is one drawback in both mechanisms: the end user switches back and forth from Desktop and Modern UI mode when … Continue reading →

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New video episode on MSDN about activation pitfalls with WinRT

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

I have to apologize for the delay to publish the third and last part of my Interprocess Communication posts: it should be out next week. However, I had valid reasons: I was preparing the new episode of the series that … Continue reading →

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Inter-Process communication with protocol association in WinRT – Part 3

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

The previous post presented how file association is used to exchange information between Windows Store Apps (WSAs) and Desktop Apps (DAs). The same kind of feature can be provided by the protocol association. WARNING: all these techniques are violating the point … Continue reading →

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Inter-Process Communication with file association in WinRT – Part 2

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Christophe Nasarre

The previous post presented the WinRT Contracts that are available to exchange information between WSAs and WSAs/DAs. It is time to dig into the details of leveraging the file association feature of Windows to let one application activate another application. … Continue reading →

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