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How to create and debug a background task in Windows 8 – Part 2

Posted on September 14, 2012 by qmatteoq

In the previous post we’ve created and configured a background task for our Windows 8 application: we’ve created a separate project for the task and we’ve configured the manifest file. Now it’s time to write the code in the client … Continue reading →

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How to create and debug a background task in Windows 8 – Part 1

Posted on September 11, 2012 by qmatteoq

Finally, after many tries, I’ve been able to find which is the correct way to create, configure and debug a background task in Windows 8. Let’s make a little step backward: like in the Windows Phone world, Windows 8 apps … Continue reading →

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How to override the default color of a ProgressBar in a Windows 8 application

Posted on August 29, 2012 by qmatteoq

So you’re doing Windows 8 development and, very likely, your app needs to display some data. Rarely this data is immediately available: maybe you need to download it, or you have to parse it before displaying it. Here comes in … Continue reading →

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SQLite for WinRT is now available on Visual Studio Gallery

Posted on August 22, 2012 by qmatteoq

Thanks to Tim Heuer I’ve found that there’s an easier way to add SQLite to your Windows 8 application rather than the manual one described in my post. Now SQLite for WinRT is available as a Visual Studio extension, you … Continue reading →

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Migrate your Windows 8 apps from Release Preview to RTM

Posted on August 17, 2012 by qmatteoq

Here we go again: a new Windows 8 version has been released (luckily, it’s the last one ) and we have to test our application against the RTM, to see if everything is working fine. Luckily, this time the migration … Continue reading →

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