A litle while ago I was on Codeproject and came across a cool little tesxteditor and the whole form was made out of aero-glass, and the whole textbox was too. But I can't find it anymore. Does anybody know where it's gone? Or how I can make my Windows Form completely made out of Aero Glass?
Thank you :)
This is for windows forms. not for WPF.
http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/04/18/578637.aspx
Could this be what you're after...
Enable Vista glass effect on a borderless WPF window
So this time with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft provides the Windows 7 API Code Pack. The Windows 7 API Code Pack not only just allows incorporating the aero glass effect, but many other features which will let you to work more conveniently with Windows 7.
The Windows API code pack allows developers to develop those features which are not available with .NET Framework. So to get started visit:
Windows® Code Pack API for Windows 7 & Windows Vista
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack
Windows Training Kit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1C333F06-FADB-4D93-9C80-402621C600E7&displaylang=en
The training kit includes the demos and presentations, hand-on labs for developers. I haven't yet started with Windows 7 development. But as soon as I get started I will blog some demo for Windows 7.
Related
Here are two similar articles:
1) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/send-local-toast
2) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/send-local-toast-desktop
I can't get info one thing. First article provides tutorial for notifications for apps. Another article shows tutorial for Desktop C# app. What to choose and what are the differences? Thanks.
When they call them apps like what they mean that are the apps made with the new technology called UWP (Universal Windows Platform) which only work with Windows 10. You can see it here.
Prerequisites
To fully understand this topic, the following will be helpful...
A working knowledge of toast notification terms and concepts. For more information, see Toast and action center overview.
A familiarity with Windows 10 toast notification content. For more information, see toast content documentation.
A Windows 10 UWP app project
Then what they call Desktop C# app, are the "classic" ways to do windows applications. For example WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) in C# which runs in most Windows machines, like Windows 7 or Vista, also they meant the application made in c++.
The main difference is that what they call apps are the ones made with UWP, these ones work well on windows tables, windows phones, and so on.
And desktop c# app
is an app created with WPF which is a little older but works in older OS's.
I am new to wpf. Hence, kindly co-operate with my questions.
I want to build an app that runs on windows tablets. This is not to windows store app, rather, I will be developing this app for some company to visualize the data they have. And they will use this app on tablets or other touch enabled devices.
Background:
App will have some graphs and other visualizing diagrams. And WPF MVVM pattern will be used to develop the app.
My question:
My current system is:
System: HP elite book revolve 810 g2 tablet
.NET Framework: 4.0
Visual studio 2012
Can I develop a tablet app with the above specification?
where can i find coding documents on coding for touch devices in WPF mvvm pattern?
How can I use graph or any other visualization method in wpf. I mean, do I have any library that provides API's for different graphs?
Please help me in answering above.
Thank you
This questions will lead to long answers.. I´ll try to make it short!
The elite book revolve has an I5 and Windows 8 / 8.1. You should not have problems developing Widnows apps with that.
Visual Studio 2012 is fine as well, you might want to download the windows phone toolkit (if you want multiplatform apps).
You will need to use framwork 4.5 to develop Windows 8.1 RT apps though - and this is what you want to do if you want multi device apps. If not then it`s just normal Windows applications that can olny be runn on Windows devices (not Windows phone, or RT tablets)
It seems you are a starter in developing Touch apps.
2.1 Honestly you should consider buying a book before developing. The "Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed" one is really good
one - you can even read a good share of the first chapter with example code (see links below)!
2.2 I added a few links to ressources that could help you. Consider looking at MVVM, WPF and Touch coding independently. There are tons of tutorials available!
2.3. Doing touch support is pretty straightforward, it`s just another event handler (touchdown instead of mouseleftbutton down) so all you need is to know how to best handle events in MVVM (link attached below). Another thing is gesture support (see link)
Here is the standard library of xaml controls.. pretty basic but you can do a lot with them: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/hh465351.aspx
if you need better /more graphical controls you might consider using Developer Express or similar APIs
heres a list of the graphic tools they provide. Pretty neat: https://www.devexpress.com/products/net/controls/winrt/
Theres also a WinRT XAML Toolkit available: https://winrtxamltoolkit.codeplex.com/ (Tutorial and Graph Preview see below)
Additional Links:
Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed (example with code):
http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780672337086/samplepages/0672337088.pdf
MVVM General developing: https://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/a-guided-tour-of-wpf/
MVVM in Windows 8: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj651572.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mvvm-using-the-mvvm-pattern-in-windows-8
WinRT XAML Toolkit Tutorial (Windows Store example):
http://eren.ws/2013/10/15/using-graphs-and-charts-in-windows-store-apps-boredom-challenge-day-11/
Best way of event Handling in MVVM (needed for Touch event handling):
What's the best way to pass event to ViewModel?
I would like to have some basic communication between some apps we are building. I have been researching on wifi direct, which sounds perfect, but I cannot find much information on it for Windows 7 and WPF (C#).
When I search around all I seem to get is Windows 8 support and Android questions.
Is this a standard that has been implemented by Windows 7? Can I use the features in a C# WPF app? If so, some reference materials would be great if you know of any.
Thanks.
Wifi direct is not implemented in Windows 7, although there may be some 3rd party apps available that implement it.
It is a new feature built into windows 8. Here's a presentation that goes over the feature in detail: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/BUILD2011/HW-329T
I've used Snoop, it is the brilliant tool for WPF. SilverlightSpy has similar functionality for Silverlight and WP7. Does anybody know about any similar tools for Windows 8 projects?
EDIT : I mean Windows Metro style applications on C#/XAML that run in Simulator or Local Machine.
From what I've heard (and according to these posts), there really isn't a good way to do that yet. Supposedly it's coming with the next version. Semi-functional way to debug bindings now.
I am developing an application for a window mobile 6 using Visual Studio C# 2008 SP1.
However, the design of the application is very plain using the standard windows controls.
The application I am making is a phone that will be installed on WM6, so I am looking for controls that I can drag on to the form that resemble something that looks like a phone. Or just skins.
Any 3rd party controls or skins that can do this would be better? However, I don't mind paying for some if they fit for my application needs.
If there isn't any, any ideas how to make them myself? Any website tutorials?
Many thanks for any advice,
Steve
I make a Ink component for Pocket PC check this at http://velocityink.codeplex.com/ if you interested.