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ParallaxBackground - A Metro moving background
My goal is to make adding a parallax background in a C# Metro application as easy as possible. To that end, I created a library called ParallaxBackground.
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Windows 8 app samples - C#, VB.NET, C++, JavaScript
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This sample pack includes all the Metro style app code examples developed for Windows 8. The samples in this pack are available in in C#, C++, VB.NET, and JavaScript. The sample pack provides a convenient way to download all the samples at once.
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9/14/2011
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Splash screen sample
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This sample shows how to imitate the splash screen that Windows displays for your app by positioning a similar image correctly when Windows dismisses the splash screen that it displays. This sample uses the SplashScreen class in the Windows.Applicati...
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9/14/2011
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File access sample
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This sample shows how to create, read, write, copy and delete a file, how to retrieve file properties, and how to track a file or folder so that your app can access it again. This sample uses Windows.Storage and Windows.Storage.AccessCache API.
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9/14/2011
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App settings sample
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This sample demonstrates how to use the ApplicationSettings API and settings flyouts to integrate an app's settings UI with the Settings charm.
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2/29/2012
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App tiles and badges sample
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This sample shows how to use an app tile, which is the representation and launch point for your app in the Start screen, and a badge on that tile, which is a method for the app to relay status information to the user when the app is not running.
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2/29/2012
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Contact Manager Web API
This sample uses ASP.NET Web API to build a simple contact manager application. The application consists of a contact manager web API that is used by an ASP.NET MVC application, a Windows Phone application, and a Windows 8 app to display and manage a list of contacts.
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2/16/2012
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Getting started with C# and Visual Basic: Hello World and Blog reader samples
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This sample includes the companion code for the Microsoft Visual Basic and C# tutorials in the Getting started node of the Windows Dev Center.
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8/15/2012
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Geolocation sample
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The Geolocation sample demonstrates how to use the Geolocation API to get the geographic location of the user's PC.
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9/14/2011
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Application data sample
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This sample shows you how to store and retrieve data that is specific to each user and Metro style app using the Windows Runtime application data APIs. Application data includes session state, user preferences, and other settings. It is created, rea...
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9/14/2011
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File picker sample
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This sample shows how to access files and folders by letting the user choose them through the file pickers and how to save a file so that the user can specify the name, file type, and location of a file to save. This sample uses Windows.Storage.Picke...
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9/14/2011
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