Windows Store Developer Solutions
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Visual Studio 2012 throws an error saying: “Visual Studio encountered an unexpected network error and can’t contact the Microsoft account service” when you try to “Create App Packages…” for the Windows Store.
You have developed a Windows Store app and are in the process of building your app package and...
Author: Prashant H Phadke Date: 01/15/2013
Help me! How do I connect to an ASMX web service?
With the rise of mobile applications (Windows Store and Windows Phone Store apps), the need for...
Author: Matt Small Date: 12/21/2012
Why can’t I set cookies in WebView when using NavigateToString
The title says it all and we have seen some forum and support cases about this subject. I have a...
Author: Jeff Sanders Date: 12/13/2012
Skip the path: stick to the StorageFile
To build user confidence, a user’s files are protected from arbitrary access by Windows Store apps....
Author: Rob Caplan [MSFT] Date: 12/04/2012
Looking back to understand the future: OpenFileDialog vs. FileOpenPicker
Most of us are familiar with the standard .NET OpenFileDialog object. With the introduction of...
Author: James Dailey - MSFT Date: 11/28/2012
The ListingInformation.ProductListings object has a different interface when deployed to the Windows Store
The CurrentAppSimulator class is useful for exploring licensing information for your Windows Store...
Author: Jeff Sanders Date: 11/05/2012
Why does the XAML designer report that my custom elements have not been built?
Consider a scenario where you've been working on developing business logic for your Windows Store...
Author: Sagar B. Joshi Date: 10/31/2012
How to accommodate Authenticating Proxies in .NET
In some environments network administrators have chosen to require users to authenticate through...
Author: Jeff Sanders Date: 10/25/2012
About WebView and Fonts...
In my previous blog post, I posted some information about using a font which is included as part of...
Author: Matt Small Date: 10/23/2012
Ten Things You Need to Know About WebView
Hi - I am Matt Small, a Sr. Escalation Engineer on the Microsoft Windows Store Developer Solutions...
Author: Matt Small Date: 10/18/2012
Consuming a WCF Service from a “Windows Runtime Component” project type is a limited supported scenario particularly with the usage of XmlSerializer.
Background: Consider the following scenario. You are developing a Windows Store app and need to...
Author: Prashant H Phadke Date: 10/04/2012
Walkthrough–Creating an IIS server to use with WNS Push Notifications and Windows Store apps
How can you implement and test WNS push notifications for your Windows Store app and how can you use...
Author: Jeff Sanders Date: 10/04/2012
Welcome to Windows Store Developer Solutions
Welcome to the Windows Store Developer Solutions blog! Why another Windows 8 blog? There is already...
Author: Dan Reagan Date: 10/03/2012