The WebView_LoadCompleted event has been deprecated & is/will be obsolete. It may not be available after Windows 8.1 so you should use the NavigationCompleted event instead. As an example, to get the current URL of from the webview control, try this: private void myWebView_NavigationCompleted(WebView sender, WebViewNavigationCompletedEventArgs args) { string myUrl = sender.Source.ToString(); }
If you plan to use a TextBlock control to display large text files, be aware that the maximum viewable size of the control is 2048 x 2048 pixels. That being said, if the text file extends beyond that 2048px range, the control will “expand” to that size, but the area beyond 2048px will not be visible. […]
If you are upgrading your Windows Phone 7.1 app to Windows Phone 8 and happen to be using transition frame animations built into the Windows Phone Toolkit, you may get an Unhandled Exception, which can be traced back to RootFrame navigation. To address this problem, open the App.xaml.cs file and remove the TransitionFrame statements from the […]
Here’s a great article, detailing all the features of the new updates: All about Windows Phone – GDR2/Amber Updates
This article applies to Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. The Grid App template in VS2012 offers a attractive and fully functional foundation for building data-based apps for the new Windows Store. It is great for presenting information in a well-organized manner. However, because it’s just a template, it needs to modified if you want to present […]
“The activation request failed with error ‘This app failed to launch because of an issue with its license. Please try again in a moment.’ This error message appears on occasion, and there seems to be some correlation to it’s appearance, and the last time the app was run. However, I haven’t been able to determine […]
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Create your grocery lists quickly and easily with this app. Includes database with hundreds of common grocery items to minimize typing. Share your list easily with a single button tap. Get it here, for Windows Phone.
When you’re using an ObservableCollection<T> which implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface, updating the source of items for a ListBox or other control can be done almost “automatically” with DataBinding. But, if you’re using a basic List<T> as an ItemSource for say a ListBox, then any changes to the List<T> aka the “ItemSource,” will not be immediately reflected in […]
When working with a ListBox set to Multiple Selection Mode, it is often necessary to do something with the selected items. An easy way to do this is shown in the code below. In this quick example using type “Part”, we get the selected items from the list box, and remove them from the List. […]
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Line 0, Column 0 ? Talk about a non-helpful error message. But anyway, after reviewing my XAML code, I quickly found the problem. One of my XAML tags had a null value. If you get this error, I would suggest reviewing your XAML for any invalid attributes.
It seems I’ve been busy the last few months, as evidenced by the lack of recent posts here. The summer has flown by, and there’s been a lot of exciting news in the Windows world. Windows 8 will soon be here, as well as Surface & other Win8/WinRT tablets, and also the new Windows Phone […]
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It’s simple to add and remove pinned tiles, used for Deep Linking within your app. You’ll need to declare the following using directive (click images to view): Here’ s a quick example of deep linking to a specific page within your app: Here’s how to delete the same tile: For more information, go to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202979(v=VS.92).aspx […]
The Telerik SlideViewer has recently been revamped, and includes some nice built-in features. If you’re updating from the previous version, you’ll need to make some minor changes to your code in order for it to work. Click on the images to enlarge so you can see the code. In order to use this control, and it’s advanced […]
Here, we use one of Telerik’s popular controls, the RadDataboundListBox. If you’re not familiar with Telerik Controls, and you do .NET work, you should check them out. I believe they have a trial version for their Windows Phone controls, if you would like to preview. This short tutorial is intended for new users of these controls. Click […]
Just received a copy of “AT&T Magazine” (I didn’t request it), which is basically a catalog of their smartphone lineup. There was not a single Windows Phone in the entire catalog. There also was no iPhone in it. But, they don’t need to advertise iPhones, so that’s understandable. On the contrary, WP7 needs needs every bit of […]
In this particular case, the issue was caused by an invalid reference to the Background.png image in the WMAppManifest.xml file. The reference to the image was still there, but the image had been removed from that referenced location/folder. So in this case, I just simply needed to copy the Background.png back in to the project […]
I’m working on an app that uses a simple, “pre-populated” database. Of course the user can add or delete records as well. For me, the easiest way to design and create the database, was to use the SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio. So I used that to create a SQL Server CE database, with an .sdf […]
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