Preface The replacement of MessageBox for Windows Store apps is the class MessageDialog. This class is fine as long as you do not need more than three options the user can choose from. In technical words, MessageDialog allows only up to three commands. At the time of writing, this is …
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Preface The BusyIndicator for Windows Store apps is a variation of the Busy-Indicating Dialog for Windows Store apps. The motivation for creating such a control is almost the same. No such a control is available. And I want to make sure the user cannot start a new task while a …
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Preface Some of you might know the BusyIndicator from the WPF Toolkit or from Silverlight. I was using this control in Silverlight to disable user interaction while the application was performing some long running operations. This makes it really easy to make sure the user will not start a new …
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Preface The Commanding Overview says “Commanding is an input mechanism in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which provides input handling at a more semantic level than device input. Examples of commands are the Copy, Cut, and Paste operations found on many applications.” Well, one should extent the definition and mention Windows …
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Introduction Given there is a Windows Store app. Some of the resources that this app needs are part of a library. This library contains a XAML file (ApplicationStyles.xaml) for application specific styles and the StandardStyles.xaml that is generated when a new Windows Store App (XAML) project is created. ApplicationStyles.xaml uses …
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Given you implement an app using the dark theme. This app contains some configuration values, which can be changed using a settings flyout. According to the design guidelines, the background of the settings flyout should be white. Unfortunately, the default color theme for all controls is dark. So they are …
The sample MDI / Multiple Tabs Flat Navigation App Bar in Windows Store Apps is now availabe in the Windows Store: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/flat-navigation-appbar-sample/15856f99-b515-411c-afa2-68cde940af0b
The sample Mimic app.config in Windows Store Apps is now availabe in the Windows Store: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/mimic-app-config-sample/662e4d43-36b6-4378-8b92-2f17fa60a83d
Summary The Windows 8 User Experience Guidelines mentions two different navigation designs: the hierarchical and the flat system. As said in the guidelines, most Windows Store apps use the hierarchical system. But I needed a flat navigation. And in addition, I needed a way to implement a Multiple Document Interface …
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Today, Instance Factory’s first app was launched in the Windows Store. It’s a slightly enhanced version of the AdControl Config Sample. It passed the certification in the first attempt 🙂